 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa 12 Kubvumbi 1808, akapinda mukomisheni mune mukurumbira Chevalier Guard Regiment aine chinzvimbo che cornet. Achifambira mberi nokukurumidza mumapoka, akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant musi wa 27 September 1810 uye kuna Stabs-Rittmeister musi wa 18 October wegore iroro. Munguva yokupinda kweFrance muRussia, akarwa muhondo dzeKlyastitsy nePolotsk. Akakwidziridzwa kuzere Rittmeister kaputeni musi wa20 Kukadzi 1813, akaenderera mberi nekutora chikamu muHondo yeBautzen. Musi waChikunguru 6, akaendeswa kuGrodno Hussar Regiment sa lieutenant colonel, uye akapinda neyuniti yake nyowani muHondo yeDresden, uko ruoko rwake rwerudyi rwakabvarurwa negomba. 