Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna September naOctober Adolphe Thiers, mutungamiriri wevanorambira muNational Assembly, akanga afamba muEurope, achibvunzana nemakurukota okune dzimwe nyika eBritain, Russia, uye Austria, uye akawana kuti hapana nomumwe wavo akanga achida kutsigira France mukurwisana navaGermany. Akashuma kuHurumende kuti kwakanga kusina imwe nzira yokuita nayo nhaurirano dzokuzorora. Akaenda kuTours yaitongwa neGermany ndokusangana naBismarck musi wa1 Mbudzi. Chancellor weGermany akarayira kuti Alsace yose, zvikamu zveLorraine, uye muripo mukuru kwazvo zvipiwe. Hurumende yeNational Defence yakasarudza kupfuuridzira hondo ndokusimudza uto idzva kurwisa vaGermany. Mauto echiFrench akanga achangobva kurongwa akakunda kamwe chete pa
Coulmiers musi wa 10 Mbudzi, asi kuedza kwakaitwa naGeneral Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot musi wa 29 Mbudzi paVilliers kuti apfuure muParis kwakakundwa nekurasikirwa nemasoja zviuru zvina, zvichienzaniswa nekurasikirwa nemaGerman chiuru nemazana manomwe.