 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Muna 1688, paakanga ava nemakore 19, akapinda muuto rePrussian Artillery somurwi webhomba. Munguva yokurwisa France muna 1689-1697, akashanda pakukomba Bonn neNamur, uye akasimudzirwa kuva lieutenant muna 1696. Muna October 1701, akasimudzirwa kuva kaputeni uye mukuru wekambani, chinzvimbo chepamusoro-soro chaigona kuwanikwa kuvarume vaduku vasiri voumambo, vasiri vorudzi rwemadzimambo. Gore rimwe gare gare, muHondo yeNhaka yeSpain, akaongorora nokuedza nzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana dzokuvhimisa. Nokuda kwebasa rake, Frederick I akamukwidziridza kuva mukuru mukuru wePrussian, akamupa chinzvimbo chemajor, uye, muna 1709, lieutenant colonel. 