Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kuunganidzwa kwa1870 pakutanga kweHondo yeFranco-Prussian kwakamuisa kumusoro kweVIII (Rhineland) Army Corps, ichiumba chikamu cheFirst Army pasi pevon Steinmetz. Kwakanga kuri kutungamirira kwake kwakatsunga uye kwakasimba uko kwakabetsera zvikurukuru kukunda pa
Spicheren musi wa6 Nyamavhuvhu, uye von Goeben akakunda maLaurels chete akawanikwa parutivi rworudyi rwePrussian paGravelotte musi wa18 Nyamavhuvhu. Pasi paManteuffel, VIII Corps yakatora chikamu mumabasa pamusoro peAmiens ne Bapaume, uye musi wa 8 Ndira 1871, Goeben akatsiva mukuru iyeye mukutungamira kweFirst Army.