Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan abubuwan da ba su da kyau na Rundunar Rhine (1870) () a farkon watan Agusta a Wissembourg, Wörth,
Forbach, Sarkin sarakuna Eugénie wanda aka zaba a matsayin mai mulki, ya kira dakunan biyu a ranar 9 ga Agusta, 1870. Kwana uku bayan haka, Sarkin ya yanke shawarar ƙuntata umurnin Sojojin Rhine ga Marshal Bazaine.