Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An sanya shi a prytanée a Saint-Cyr, ya shiga soja a matsayin mai zaman kansa a cikin 1st Cuirassier Regiment a 1803 kuma ya shiga makarantar soja a Fontainebleau a ranar 23 ga Oktoba 1804, ya bar shi a matsayin mai ba da izini a cikin 15th Regiment na Line. Ya yi aiki a wannan rundunar a Austerlitz
, yaƙin neman zaɓe na Prussian da na Poland, ana ambatonsa a cikin wasiku a Austerlitz da rauni a Jena (1806). An ba shi mukamin Laftanar a ranar 30 ga Nuwamba 1806 ya karɓi giciye na Légion d'honneur a Eylau (1807).