 Makore mana gare gare Frederick akanga ari muchiito zvakare, nguva ino mukati meHondo yeFranco-Prussian ya1870, umo iye akanga achibatanidzwazve naBlumenthal ndokutungamirira III Army, yakaumbwa nemauto anobva kumaodzanyemba enyika dzeGermany. Akarumbidzwa nokuda kwoutungamiriri hwake pashure pokukunda vaFrance muhondo dzeWissembourguye Wörth, uye vakawana kumwe kubudirira paHondo yeSedan uye panguva yekukombwa kweParis. Kubata kwaFrederick kwaaiita vavengi vomunyika yake nomutsa kwakaita kuti varemekedzwe naye uye vamwe vanhu vakanga vasina kwavakarerekera vakamurumbidza. Pashure peHondo yeWörth, mumwe mutori wenhau wokuLondon akapupurira kushanyira kwakawanda kwaMuchinda akakuvadzwa kumasoja ePrussian ndokurumbidza mabasa ake, achirumbidza rudo noruremekedzo izvo varwi vakaitira Frederick. Pashure pokukunda kwake, Frederick akanga ataura kuvanyori venhau vaviri vokuParis, kuti, Handifariri varwi. Kudai ndaizotonga ndaisazombobudirira. Mumwe mutori wenhau wokuFrance akataura kuti Muchinda akasiya mavara asingaverengeki omutsa norudzi rwomunhu munyika yaakarwa nayo. Nokuda kwokuzvibata kwake nokubudirira kwake, The Times yakanyora mutero kuna Frederick muna July 1871, ichitaura kuti Muchinda akawana rukudzo rwakawanda nokuda kwounyoro hwake sehukuru hwake muhondo. 