 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Se chef de brigade, akabva ashanda muEgypt expedition uye akahwina zvimwe zvekusiyanisa kuAcre neAboukir. Achidzokera kuEurope naNapoleon, Bessières aivapo paHondo yeMarengo 1800 semutevedzeri-mukuru weConsular Guard. Mukuru mukuru Jean Lannes, aitungamirira boka revarwi paMarengo, akanzwa kuti Bessières akanga asingatsigiri zvakakwana mauto ake akanga achizeza, uye kusawirirana kwenguva refu kwakamuka pakati pavo. Pakupera kwehondo, Bessières akatungamira kubhururuka kwebhiza rakabudirira neGuard Cavalry, kunyange hazvo mhedzisiro yaro muhondo yakanga isiri yakasarudzika sezvakafungidzirwa naNapoleon. Kwakanga kuri kurwisa kwavatasvi vamabhiza kwaGeneral François Étienne de Kellermann kwakakunda hondo yeMarengo asi Napoleon akapa mbiri yacho zvikurukuru kuVatasvi Vake Vokuchengetedza. 