Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Rukunin Blue ya kasance wani ɓangare na Rundunar Sojoji ta 12 a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Barthélémy Louis Joseph Lebrun, wanda shine rukunin ƙarshe da ya isa Sedan bayan ya yi ƙoƙari na ƙarshe don komawa baya tare da Janar de Wimpffen. Ya yi yaƙi a Bazeilles
a ranar 31 ga Agusta da 1 ga Satumba, 1870. An sake dawo da garin kuma an watsar da shi sau hudu, tare da Faransawa 2,655 da Bavarians 5,200 da suka mutu, suna yin wahayi zuwa ga zanen kishin kasa "Les dernières cartouches" ("The Last Cartridges") na Alphonse de Neuville. Kowace shekara sojojin ruwa suna bikin ranar tunawa da yaƙin, suna kammala bukukuwan tare da kiran yaƙin ƙungiyar, "Au nom de Dieu, vive la coloniale" ("A cikin sunan Allah, tsawon rai "La Coloniale"") - ƙungiyar tana da Allah da kansa a matsayin mai tsarkaka mai tsaron gida.