Songis des Courbons rendered invaluable services during the Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars, at the battles of Salo, Lonato, Castiglione.

Impressed by Songis's battlefield performances, Bonaparte obtained for him the rank of chef de brigade (colonel) from the French Directory.

During this campaign, Songis des Courbons spent every minute he could spare studying his arm,[2] earning the rank of general of division in January 1800.

[2] In this capacity, on 11 May, just 10 days before the battle of Aspern-Essling, he was sent on a crucial mission to reconnoiter the Danube river line between Vienna and Pressburg, in search of a suitable crossing location.

However, the health of Songis severely declined before he could finish his assignment[5] and Napoleon allowed him to return to France,[2] leaving his command to General Lariboisière.

[6] As a recognition to his military merits, General Songis is buried at the Panthéon in Paris, alongside other fellow soldiers of the Napoleonic Wars.