 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Hurongwa, zvisinei, hwakakundikana uye Bazaine akaisa Hondo yeRhine, iyo yakava vasungwa vehondo kusvika ku180,000. Kuzviisa pasi uku kunowanzotsanangurwa nokushayikwa kwechinangwa chaBazaine chokudzivirira hurumende yaipindirana zvishoma nezvishoma nemafungiro ake ezvematongerwe enyika uye zvakanakisisa zveFrance, sezvaaiona. Imwezve vhiki yokuramba ingadai yakagonesa mitero yehurumende yeNational Defence kupwanya masimba asina kusimba evaGermany paLoire uye kubvisa Paris. Asi uto raMuchinda Friedrich Karl wePrussia, rakasunungurwa kubva pakukombwa kweMetz nokuzviisa pasi kwaBazaine, rakakurumidza kusvika nenguva yokudzora nokukunda nhamburiko huru muHondo yechipiri yeOrléans. 