With the Grenadier battalion "von Bolster" he fought in the First Silesian War at the storming of Glogau, and also in the Battle of Mollwitz He was promoted to first lieutenant on 24 May 1742. During the Second Silesian war, he participated in the Siege of Prague (1742) and the Battle of Kesselsdorf. On 22 December 1745, he was promoted to staff captain, and subsequently on 19 January 1746 to captain, and received his own company.