 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Apo Germany yakataura hondo, France yakashandisa Chirongwa XVII nokurwisa kashanu, kwakazonzi Hondo yeMiganhu. Urongwa hwokuendesa hondo hweGermany, II, hwakaisa mauto eGermany asingasviki 20 muzana kuti adzivirire Prussia nemhenderekedzo yegungwa yeGermany pamuganhu weGermany neBelgium. Mauto eGermany aifanira kupfuurira kupinda muBelgium, kuti aite hondo inokosha neuto reFrance, kuchamhembe kwezvisimbiso pamuganhu weFrance neGermany. Chirongwa XVII chaiva chokurwisa Alsace-Lorraine uye kumaodzanyemba kweBelgium. Kurwiswa kweFrance muAlsace-Lorraine kwakaguma nekurasikirwa kwakanyanya kupfuura zvaifungidzirwa, nekuti kubatana kwevarwi vehondo nevashandi vepfuti kwaidiwa nedzidziso yemauto eFrance, kunyangwe ichitsigira mweya wekurwisa, kwakaratidza kuti hakuna kukwana. Kurwiswa kwakaitwa nemauto eFrance kumaodzanyemba kweBelgium neLuxembourg kwakaitwa nekutsigirwa kusingakoshi kwekuongorora kana zvombo zvepfuti uye zvakadzoswa neropa, pasina kudzivirira kufamba kwekumadokero kwemauto ekuchamhembe kweGerman. 