Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: The Blue Division yakaumba chikamu che12th Army Corps pasi pekutungamirirwa kwaBarthélémy Louis Joseph Lebrun, iyo yaiva yekupedzisira unit kusvika kuSedan mushure mekuedza kwekupedzisira kudzokera shure naGeneral de Wimpffen. Rakarwa pa
Bazeilles pana 31 August na 1 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.