He was a Walloon. He entered the military service of Habsburg Austria at an early age and trained as an engineer at the Ingenieurakademie in Vienna. Serving as Chief of Staff to Gabriel Anton, Baron Splény de Miháldy in the Turkish War from 1788, he won the Ritterkreuz (Knight’s Cross) of the Order of Maria Theresa for outstanding bravery at the Battle of Focsani in action against the Ottoman Turks. He also saw action in the French Revolution Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
He was a Walloon. He entered the military service of Habsburg Austria at an early age and trained as an engineer at the Ingenieurakademie in Vienna. Serving as Chief of Staff to Gabriel Anton, Baron Splény de Miháldy in the Turkish War from 1788, he won the Ritterkreuz (Knight’s Cross) of the Order of Maria Theresa for outstanding bravery at the Battle of Focsani in action against the Ottoman Turks. He also saw action in the French Revolution Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
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