Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akanga ari mumwe wevakuru vakuru vemauto avo munguva ino 1866-1870 vakafanoona uye vakaedza kugadzirira hondo isingadzivisiki neGermany, uye pakatanga Hondo yeFrance-Prussian akapiwa naNapoleon sarudzo pakati pekutungamira kwechikwata uye chinzvimbo cheinjiniya mukuru padzimbahwe. Akasarudza kutungamirira II corps. Pana 6 August 1870 akabata chinzvimbo cheSpicheren
kurwisa vaGermany kutozosvikira kusvika kwevashandi vokupedzisira uye kusaoneka kwevamwe mauto eFrance kwakamumanikidza kuti aende. Pashure peizvi akatora rutivi muhondo dzakapoteredza Metz, uko akazviratidza paMars-la-Tour neGravelotte. Akabva apinda neuto rake muKukombwa kweMetz uye akabatanidzwa mukubvuma kukundwa kweuto raBazaine. General Frossard akabudisa muna 1872 "Rapport sur les opérations du 2 corps". Akafira paCháteau-Villain (Haute-Marne).