 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Akaiswa muprytanée paSaint-Cyr, akapinda muchiuto semunhu oga mu1st Cuirassier Regiment muna 1803 uye achipinda chikoro chemauto paFontainebleau musi wa23 Gumiguru 1804, achisiya se sous-lieutenant mu15th Regiment yeLine. Akashanda muuto iroro muAusterlitz, mishandirapamwe yePrussian nePoland, ichitaurwa mumatumwa kuAusterlitz uye yakakuvadzwa kuJena 1806. Akakwidziridzwa kuva lieutenant musi wa30 Mbudzi 1806 akagamuchira muchinjikwa weLégion dhonneur paEylau 1807. 