Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - The Blue Division yakaumba chikamu che12th Army Corps pasi pehutungamiriri hwaBarthélémy Louis Joseph Lebrun, yaive yekupedzisira unit kusvika kuSedan mushure mekuedza kwekupedzisira kudzokera shure naGeneral de Wimpffen. Rakarwa paBazeilles
pana 31 August na1 September 1870. Guta racho rakatorwazve uye rakasiyiwa kanokwana kana, riine vanhu vokuFrance 2 655 uye vokuBavaria 5 200 vakafa, zvichikurudzira mufananidzo wokuda nyika unonzi "Les dernières cartouches" ("The Last Cartridges") waAlphonse de Neuville. Gore roga roga mauto omumvura anopemberera zuva rokurwisana kwacho, achigumisa mhemberero nokudanidzira kwehondo kwokuti, "Au nom de Dieu, vive la coloniale" ("Muzita raMwari, raramai "La Coloniale"") - boka racho rakanga rine Mwari pachake somutungamiriri waro mutsvene.