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After serving under his uncle Ferdinand of Brunswick and Frederick the Great, he first rose to high command in the Prussian Army during the Seven Years' war. After further experience in Bavaria and Holland, during which he became
regarded as a fine commander of infantry, he was appointed Allied generalissime for the invasion of France in 1792. After issuing the Brunswick Manifesto, he captured Longwy and Verdun, but was decisively repulsed at Valmy. he retreated into German and retained his command in 1793, but proved incapable of cooperation with Wurmser and the Austrians. He was defeated by Hoche at Wissemburg, and thereafter retired to his estates. However, in 1806, he was reappointed to high command in the Prussian army when war broke out with France, and was mortally wounded at the battle of
Auerstädt.