 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muhondo yeMars-la-Tour musi wa16 Nyamavhuvhu 1870, divi raBataille rakabata chikamu chemutsara weFrance kuVionville neFlavigny-sur-Moselle. Akakuvadzwa mudumbu muhondo yacho. Akanga ane mabhiza maviri akaurawa pasi pake paHondo yeGravelottemusi wa18 August 1870. Ari mungozi yokurasikirwa noupenyu hwake, akaendeswa kuMetz, iyo yakanga yakakomberedzwa nemauto eGermany musi wa19 Nyamavhuvhu 1870 uye pakupedzisira yakapa musi wa27 Gumiguru 1870 mushure mekukombwa kwemazuva 70 kweMetz. Bataille akatapwa apo Metz akakundwa. 