sentences:  Given command in December of the 3rd Light Cavalry Brigade of the Cavalry Reserve, he takes part in the campaign of 1807 in Poland, where he is awarded with Commander's cross of the Légion d'honneur on 14 May 1807 and with Knight's cross of the Order of the Lion of Bavaria on 29 June.Elevated to the rank of Count of the Empire, with the title of Saint-Alphonse, on 19 March 1808, he takes command in next July of the 3rd Cavalry Corps of the Army of Spain, with which he distinguishes himself at Burgos, at Fuentes-de-Oñoro and during the siege of Saragossa.Given command of the 2nd Cuirassier Division of the Army of Germany in June, he returns to Spain in October and takes part in the campaigns of 1810 and 1811 in the Armies of the North of Spain and of Portugal, where he is promoted to major-general on 31 July 1811.