<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: U-Abraham Davel, indodana yomfundisi ongumProthestani, wafunda eLausanne, lapho umkhaya wakubo wathuthela khona ngemva kokufa kukayise ngo-1676. Ngo 1688 waqala umsebenzi wakhe njengombhali, futhi wasebenza futhi njengokhomishana wezomhlaba edolobheni elingumakhelwane iCully. Waqala umsebenzi wakhe wezempi ngo-1692 ekhonza iNkosana u-Eugene waseSavoy noJohn Churchill. Emuva e-Confederation, wabamba iqhaza kanye nabaseBernese  <response>: Impi yesibili yaseVillmergen ka-1712. Ngemva kokunqoba komfelandawonye wamaProthestani, uDavel wazinza eVaud lapho aphinde athatha khona isikhundla sokwahlulela. Ngo-1717, wanikezwa impesheni enkulu futhi wamiswa esikhundleni sikaMajor yiBernese, futhi wathola umyalo we-Vaud militia wesifunda saseLavaux. 