Promoted General-major on 2 April 1807, he found himself commanding a brigade in Hannibal Sommariva's division of Franz Seraph of Orsini-Rosenberg's IV Corps in the War of the Fifth Coalition. At the Battle of Eckmühl on 22 April 1809 he led his troops which included two battalions of the "Walachisch-Illyrian" Grenz Infantry Regiment Nr. 13, eight squadrons of the "Stipsicz" Hussar Regiment Nr. 10, and a six gun cavalry battery with 6-pound guns. He led troops under the overall command of Michael von Kienmayer in an Austrian victory at the Battle of Gefrees on 8 July 1809.