 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akatora chikamu muRussia-Turkey mushandirapamwe muna 1788-89 uye akaendeswa kuOstrogozh Light Cavalry Regiment muna 1790. Munguva yokurwisa muPoland muna 1794, akazviratidza nokubata General Tomasz Wawrzecki nevakuru vake, uye akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru. Muna October 1799, akaendeswa kuLife Guard Hussar Regiment uye akasimudzirwa kuva colonel. Musi wa 23 Gumiguru 1806, Duka akagadzwa mutungamiriri weLittle Russia Cuirassier Regiment. Akatora rutivi muMushandirapamwe wa 1807 uye akazviratidza paEylau, kupiwa Order of St. George 3rd Class uye Golden Weapon For Bravery. Akakwidziridzwa kuva mukuru mukuru musi wa 6 June 1807. 