Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mukushingaira kwokuzivisa hondo kuPrussia muna July 1870, kwakanga kune kufunga kuduku kwakapiwa kukudzivirira kweParis, sezvo kwakanga kuchinzi kurwa kwose kwaizova muGermany. Mumakore makumi matatu kubvira pakuvakwa kworusvingo nenhare dzomurutivi, nharaunda yezvombo zvehondo yakanga yapetwa kaviri, uye paiva nenzvimbo dzakawanda dzokuona dzakanga dziri mumakomo akapoteredza guta umo zvombo zvamazuva ano zvaigona kudzora masvingo. Mukati maAugust, basa rakanga ratanga pachitsigiro paChatillon mukuedza kurapa nyaya iri pachena zvikuru, asi zvimwe zvishoma zvakaitwa. Zvisinei, kamwe chete mashoko okukundwa kweFrance pa
Spicheren naWörth vakasvika muParis pakuvamba kwaAugust, uye basa rakatanga nomwoyo wose.