Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kusvika papi kusaita kwake kwakanga kuri chikonzero chedambudziko reSpicheren
inyaya yokukakavadzana. Chinhu chakanakisisa chinogona kutaurwa pamusoro pomufambiro wake ndechokuti tsika dzokurwa muhondo pamwero muduku uye mania yokutora "nzvimbo dzakasimba", dzakajairika kuvakuru vehondo veFrance va1870, dzaiva munyaya yaBazaine pachake dzakasimbiswa nokusafarira kwake "mudzidzisi wechikoro" Frossard, munguva pfupi yapfuura mudzidzisi wePrince Imperial uye zvino mutungamiri wehondo yeuto yakatumirwa kuSpicheren. Frossard pachake, mutungamiri wechikoro che"nzvimbo dzakasimba", aigona chete kupa mhosva dzidziso dzake pachake nokuda kwokuremara kwevamwe vose veuto, izvo zvakasiya mauto eSpicheren kuti arwe asina kutsigirwa. Bazaine, zvirokwazvo, apo akadanwa nokuda kwebetsero, akafambisa rutivi rweboka rake mberi, asi bedzi ku"tora nzvimbo dzakasimba", kwete kurova panhandare yehondo.