Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Jean Christophe Collin, nke a na-akpọ Verdière, bụ onye isi ndị isi French nke ndị agha ịnyịnya na French Revolutionary Wars na Napoleonic Wars. A mụrụ ya na 18 Jenụwarị 1754 na Paris. Nwa Christopher Collin (Colin) nke La Verdière, ọ bụ onye ọrụ afọ ofufo na Dragoons na 1767. Ọ ghọrọ onye isi nke Hussars nke Lauzun na 1778, onye isi nke ndị Paris Cavalry na 1789, na brigadier na 1795. O nyeere aka ịkwụsị nnupụisi ndị eze nke 5 Ọktoba 1795, ma sonye na ndị agha Italy na 1796. O nyere ndị agha ahụ iwu na Paris na 1797, a họpụtakwara ya General nke nkewa n'afọ na-eso ya. Mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, o sonyere na mkpọsa nke ndị agha nke Danube na 1799, na Agha nke Ostrach
na Stockach; mgbe e mesịrị n'afọ ahụ, o sonyere na mkpọsa Andre Massena na ugwu ọwụwa anyanwụ Switzerland, na Agha Mbụ nke Zurich. Ọ bụ akụkụ nke Grand Army nke 1802 <unk> 1806, ma merụọ ahụ na Agha nke Jena-Auerstadt. Ọ nwụrụ ụbọchị ole na ole mgbe agha ahụ gasịrị, na 18 Ọktoba 1806.