 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.Promoted brigadier general in the Army of the Coasts of Brest on 15 May 1793, the Executive Council () ordered him to stay in Lille to assist Favart () in ""operations having defence implications for this town by an officer who was already familiar with it, as a civic, energetic and militarily well-qualified partner"".