Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa2 Nyamavhuvhu, Napoleon neMuchinda Imperial vakaperekedza uto sezvo rakaita kuyedza kuyambuka muganho weGerman wakananga kuguta reSaarbrücken. VaFrench vakakunda muhondo duku uye havana kuenderera mberi. Napoleon III, airwara zvikuru, aisagona kukwira bhiza rake uye aifanira kuzvitsigira amene kupfurikidza nokuzendamira pamuti. Munguvayo, vaGermany vakanga vaunganidza uto guru zvikuru pakatarisana neAlsace neLorraine kupfuura izvo vaFrench vakanga vafungidzira kana kuti vaiziva. Musi wa4 Nyamavhuvhu 1870, maGerman akarwisa nechisimba chakanyanya kurwisa divi reFrance muAlsace muHondo yeWissembourg (German: Weissenburg), ichimanikidza kuti idzokere. Musi wa5 August, vaGermany vakakunda rimwe uto reFrance muHondo yeSpicheren
muLorraine.