 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 19 July 1870 Hondo yeFranco-Prussian yakatanga, uye yaizotungamirira kukuwa kweHumambo hwechipiri hweFrance. Sezvazvakanga zvakaita muhondo dzakapfuura dzairwisana neDenmark neAustria, Frederick akabatanidzwa zvakasimba mukurwisana neFrance. Achitungamira uto rechitatu reGermany, akaita basa rinokosha muhondo dzeWissembourg4 Nyamavhuvhu 1870 naWörth 6 Nyamavhuvhu 1870, uye zvakare aive nebasa rakakurumbira muHondo yeSedan 1 Gunyana 1870 panguva yekukombwa kweParis. Nemhaka yegodo rokubudirira mune zvechiuto kwomutsivi pachigaro choumambo, Bismarck akaedza kukanganisa mukurumbira wake. Chancellor akashandisa kusvika kwapashure kweuto rechitatu reGermany kuParis kupomera muchinda wechigaro kuti akanga achiedza kudzivirira France pasi pechisimba chaamai vake nomudzimai wake. Panguva yezvokudya zvamasikati, Bismarck akapomera mambokadzi namambokadzi kuti vaida zvikuru chiFrench, chiitiko chakakurumidza kuzivikanwa nemapepanhau. 