 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Apo Hondo yeFrance nePrussian yakatanga muna 1870, Uhrich akadanwa kuti aite basa rinoshanda. Akatsiva Général de division Auguste-Alexandre Ducrot semukuru mukuru we6th Military Division uye pachikumbiro chake pachake akava gavhuna wemauto weStrasbourg. Nokukurumidza pashure pokukunda kwavo muHondo yeWörthinozivikanwawo se Hondo yeReichshoffen uye Hondo yeFroeschwiller musi wa6 Nyamavhuvhu 1870, mauto enyika dzeGerman akatanga kusvika kuStrasbourg ndokutanga kukomba guta musi wa13 Nyamavhuvhu nesimba rakakurumidza kusvika pasimba revanhu zviuru makumi mana. Mauto eGermany akaumbwa nezvikamu zvePrussian Army uye zveuto reGrand Duchy yeBaden akatanga kuputika kwezvombo zvehondo zveguta nemasvingo aro akagadzirwa naSébastien Le Prestre de Vauban mukati mezana ramakore regumi nemanomwe uye akwegura na 1870 musi wa14 Nyamavhuvhu apo mutungamiri wechiGerman, Prussian Generalmajor August von Werder, akafunga nzira dzekupedza kukurumidza kukombwa. Werder akaudza Uhrich kuti mauto ake aizotanga kurwisa zvine simba guta racho kana risina kukanda mapfumo pasi, uye, mushure mekunge Uhrich aramba, kurwisa kwakatanga musi wa 23 Nyamavhuvhu. 