His regiment was assigned to the Army of Italy in 1792 and fought in the Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars.

After a period of retirement, he led a French division that intervened in the Belgian Revolution.

Only 37 officers and 295 soldiers remained of the unit and many men were barefoot and in ragged uniforms, because their clothing allotment had not been delivered.

He ended the review by promoting Roguet the new commander and charging him to rebuild the unit to its former glory.

The ranks were soon filled with apprehended draft evaders, recruits rejected by the cavalry and coastal artillery, deserters released from prison, and conscripts from the Eure department.