Brunet became Chef de brigade (colonel) of the 13th Light Infantry Demi-brigade on 26 June 1794.

[1] This was the same day as the Battle of Fleurus where the 13th Light fought in François Joseph Lefebvre's division.

The division consisted of the 50th, 53rd, 100th and 108th Line Infantry Demi-brigades, the 1st Dragoons and the 8th Chasseurs à Cheval.

[1] Charles Leclerc originally asked Jean-Jacques Dessalines to arrest Louverture, but he declined.

One account has it that Brunet pretended that he planned to settle in Saint-Domingue and asked for Toussaint's advice about plantation management.