Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi wa2 August, Napoleon naMuchinda Imperial vakaperekedza uto sezvo rakaedza kuyambuka muganhu weGermany wakananga kuguta reSaarbrücken. VaFrench vakakunda muhondo duku uye havana kuenderera mberi. Napoleon III, airwara zvikuru, aisagona kukwira bhiza rake uye aifanira kuzvitsigira amene kupfurikidza nokuzendamira pamuti. Munguvayo, vaGermany vakanga vaunganidza uto guru zvikuru pakatarisana neAlsace neLorraine kupfuura izvo vaFrench vakanga vafungidzira kana kuti vaiziva. Musi wa4 Nyamavhuvhu 1870, maGerman akarwisa nechisimba chakanyanya kurwisa divi reFrance muAlsace muHondo yeWissembourg (German: Weissenburg), ichimanikidza kuti idzokere. Pana 5 August, vaGermany vakakurira rimwe uto reFrance pa
Hondo yeSpicheren muLorraine.