<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: URicard wazalwa ngo-December 31, 1771, eCastres, eFrance, kamuva eyaba isifundazwe saseTarn. Ngo-1791 wajoyina i-Royal French Army njengelungu le-sous-lieutenant e-Le Fère Infantry Regiment. Kungakapheli nonyaka, wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ukaputeni. Ngokushesha wathunyelwa eCorsica iminyaka eminingana. Ngo-1799 wavela njengomsizi kaLouis-Gabriel Suchet. Ngalowo nyaka uSuchet waba yinhloko yezikhulu zika-André Masséna ngoJuni futhi ngokushesha ngemuva kwalokho waba yinhloko yezikhulu ze-French Army of Italy ngaphansi kukaBarthélemy Catherine Joubert. Lapho uJoubert ebulawa eMpini yaseNovi, uSuchet wayeseceleni kwakhe. USuchet waqhubeka njengenhloko yezisebenzi ngaphansi kukaJean Étienne Championnet owalahlekelwa yiMpi yaseGenola ngoNovemba 4. UChampionnet wagula futhi washona ngomkhuhlane ngoJanuwari 9, 1800. Ukuphakanyiswa kukaRicard waba yi-Adjutant General Chef de brigade kwafika ngo-31 Disemba 1799. URicard walwa ngesikhathi  <response>: Impi yasePozzolo ngo-December 1800. Ngemva kokuphela kwempi, wanikezwa izabelo eMnyangweni Wezempi Weshumi Nambili. Kamuva wakhonza eKamu laseBruges ngaphambi kokuya eKamu laseSaint-Omer ngo-1803. 