Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna July 1870 Hondo yeFrance nePrussia yakatanga iyo yakatungamirira kukuwa kweUmambo hwechipiri hweFrance hwaNapoleon III. Pakagadzwa Third Republic muna September 1870, akapa mabasa ake kuna Léon Gambetta, akagadzwa mukuru wedhipatimendi reTarn-et-Garonne, uye muna Gumiguru akava mukuru wekanzuru yemauto. Kwakanga kuri zvikurukuru masimba aFreycinet esangano ayo akaita kuti Gambetta akwanise kusimudza uto pashure perimwe kurwisa vaGermany vaipinda. Akaratidza kuti aiva nyanzvi yokuronga hondo, asi zvaaiita zvokurayira vakuru vakuru vehondo kuti vaite zvavaida hazvina kubudirira. Kusanzwisisana pakati pake naGeneral d'Aurelle de Paladines kwakaguma nokurasikirwa nechinhu chenguva pfupi chakawanikwa pa
Coulmiers neOrléans, uye akanga ane mutoro wokurwisa kumabvazuva, uko kwakaguma nokuparadzwa kweArmée de l'Est yaCharles Denis Bourbaki.