 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa12 Nyamavhuvhu 1870, panguva yehondo, Bazaine akasarudzwa semutungamiriri mukuru weHondo yeRhine, iyo yakamanikidzwa kuzarura kuenda kuChâlons-sur-Marne kuti vabatanezve nemasoja kuitira kuti vatarisana nemauto eGerman. Kune rumwe rutivi, apo akaiswa nechiitiko chokuparadza mauto akawanda ehondo muvengi mushure mekurwisana kweMars-la-Tour , musi waAugust 16, akasarudza, kushamiswa kwevakuru vake vakuru vakuru kuti vabudise hondo yake yevarume 180 000 paMetz , nokudaro vachizviparadzanisa kubva kuFrance yakasununguka uye mazvigadziro ake. Mazuva maviri gare gare, pamuchato weHondo yeSaint-Privat, Marshal François Certain de Canrobert akakumbira nokukurumidza uye kwenguva dzinoverengeka kusimbiswa kubva kuBazaine, asi haana kuzviwana. Wokupedzisira akanga atonga kuti Saint-Privat yakanga isiri hondo inokosha uye akaramba kupindira mauto ake okuchengetera, ayo akanga akawanda. Hapana zvikwata zvokutsigirwa zvakatumirwa kumapoka echiFrench ayo akanga achirwisana noushingi pamupata uye Bazaine haana kutomboratidzika pamunda wehondo. 