Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Tadzokera kuEurope, tichipindura kumutsa unonyengera waKanzuru Bismarck, paramende yeFrance yakavhota kuzivisa hondo kuPrussia musi wa19 July 1870. Chikwata chaLambert chakazviwana chiri pedyo neSedan uko mutungamiri weFrance Marshal de MacMahon akanga asarudza kuisa pfungwa dzehondo kuitira kuti adzivise kufambira mberi kwemauto ePrussian kuburikidza neBelgium. Panguva iyi Lambert akanga achishumira ne2nd Marine Infantry Regiment ("2e Régiment d'Infanterie de Marine") iyo yakaumba chikamu cheinonzi Blue Division iyo mumakwikwi akawanda ehondo panguva yehondo huru yeSedan yakabatwa uye yakabva yatorazve Bazeilles.
I kubva kuRoyal Bavarian Corps pasi pokutonga kwaGeneral von der Thann.