French Army Service
In 1784, he returned to France. He married Andrée Claudine Sain on 30 September 1784, in Lyon. He was back in the French Army when the First Coalition against the revolutionaries in France took place (see also French Revolutionary Wars).
In 1791, he was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel, serving in the infantry, then serving as Adjudant-Général from May 1791, namely in Sedan reatrenched camp. He was then promoted Colonel, serving as Chief-of-Staff of the Army on the Sambre. In 1792, he became Colonel of the 35th Infantry Regiment. Therefore, he was at the Battle of Valmy on 20 September 1792 and the Battle of Jemmapes on 6 November 1792. In January 1793 he became colonel of the 13th Dragoons Regiment, 13ème régiment de dragons. Promoted as Brigade-General, he commanded the right flank of the Northern Army with Général Custine. Tired, he left the army and retired around Bourg-en-Bresse. He was twice arrested under La Terreur in spring 1794. He died on 27 September 1796, in Villereversure, Ain.
For his duties, he received Croix de Saint-Louis in 1791, and for his services during the American Revolutionary War he became member of the Society of the Cincinnati in 1783.
He was the uncle of First French Empire General Aubry, killed at the Battle of Leipzig in 1813, and cousin of the member of the revolutionary French National Convention Gauthier des Orcières, also called Gauthier de l'Ain.
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