Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1803, tare da sake fasalin soja na Napoleon, taken "Chef-de-Brigade" ya koma ga colonel; Defrance ya riƙe umurninsa na 12th Regiment na "Chasseurs-a-Cheval". An nada shi Jami'in Légion d'honneur a ranar 14 ga Yuni 1804. A ranar 1 ga Fabrairun 1805, ya karɓi ci gaba zuwa brigadier janar kuma ya ba da umarnin brigade a cikin yaƙin Danube da Austria da Rasha a yaƙe-yaƙe na Ulm da Austerlitz
Ka yi haƙuri.