 Complete the following phrase:  On 11 December 1768 he was made a sous-aide major dinfanterie and sent to Corsica. He was reassigned by a royal ordce on 1 March 1771 but even so continued to act as a sous-aide major. In a letter of 17 April 1771 Louis XV kept him in that role in recognition of his services. Later in 1771 he was made a captain in the garrison of Lorraine and on 25 July that year he left France as a captain in the force commanded by the baron de Viomesnil and M. de Choisy, sent to support the 