 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waMay 27, 1813, akagadzwa kuve cadet muLife Guards Dragoon Regiment, uye akabva atora chikamu muHondo yeChitanhatu Chibvumirano kurwisa Napoleon. Akapiwa Kulmsky Cross, mubairo wakafanana neIron Cross, iyo yakapiwa nePrussian kune vose vakapinda muhondo ye1813 yeKulm. Akakwidziridzwa kuva ensign muna 1814. 