 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna December, Dode akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru mukuru uye akabatanidzwa somukuru wavanjinjiniya kuMapoka aMarchal Lefebvre. Zvisinei, nokuda kwemushandirapamwe wa 1806, Dode akaitwazve mukuru wevanjiniya pavashandi vaLannes, basa rakaona kutora kwake chikamu muhondo dzeSaalfelduye Jena. Pashure peJena, Dode akatumwa kunogadzira zambuko paElbe uye kugadzirira kuyambuka Oder. Dode akabva apinda muhondo dzePułtusk neOstrolenka. Muna 1807 akabatanidzwa nevashandi veMarchal Mortier uye muna 1808 akaitwa baron. Apo babamunini vake vakafa uye vakamuitira nhaka yake Brunerie, Dode akaigamuchira ndokuibatanidza nezita rake pachake, kubvira ipapo zvichienda mberi achinzi Dode de la Brunerie. 