Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọrụ agha ya malitere mgbe ọ banyere n'òtù ndị agha na 1777. N'oge mgbanwe ọchịchị France ọ rịgoro ngwa ngwa n'ọkwa lieutenant colonel. A kwalitere ya na "général de brigade" na 1793 ma lụọ ọgụ na Fleurus (1794). Dịka akụkụ nke ndị agha nke Danube, ọ lụkwara ọgụ na
Agha nke Ostrach na Agha nke Stockach (1799). Dị ka "général de division" ọ lụrụ ọgụ n'okpuru Jean Victor Marie Moreau na Agha nke Hohenlinden (1800), na-enwe ihe ịga nke ọma na-ejide aka ekpe.