 As a result of their action, 2,000 Ghent citizens wished to attach Belgium to France.He was assigned in Lille by Blaise Duval the 31 March 1793, appointed National Commissioner in Cambrai the 18 April to rally and retrain the troops from Belgium, then appointed temporary commandant of Cambrai by Dampierre in place of Claude Aubert ().The 25 April 1793, he was appointed military governor of Lille.