 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Caprivi akadzidza muBerlin. Akapinda muchiuto chePrussian muna 1849 uye akashanda muHondo yechipiri yeSchleswig ya1864, Hondo yeAustria-Prussian ya1866 semukuru muvashandi vePrince Friedrich Karl wePrussian, uye Hondo yeFrance-Prussian ya187071, yekupedzisira semukuru wevashandi veX Army Corps. Achitsigirwa naChief of the General Staff Helmuth von Moltke, Caprivi akawana chinzvimbo chelieutenant colonel uye akazviratidza paHondo yeMars-la-Tour, Siege yeMetz uye Hondo yeBeaune-la-Rolande, kugamuchira murayiro wehondo Pour le Mérite. 