 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pakutanga kweHondo yeFrance nePrussian, Muchinda akapiwa basa rokutungamirira Mauto Echipiri, uye akakunda Mauto eFrance eRhine paHondo yeMars-la-Tourmusi wa16 August 1870, ichigura nzira yayo yokupukunyuka kuenda kumadokero. Hondo iyi yakateverwa neimwe kukunda paGravelotte-St.Privat musi wa18 Nyamavhuvhu uye kukomberedzwa nekuparadzwa kweHondo yeRhine paKukombwa kweMetz. Pashure pokuwa kweMetz musi wa 27 October, uto rake rakatumirwa kuLoire kunotsvaira nharaunda yakapoteredza Orléans, uko mauto eFrance, kutanga pasi paAurelle de Paladines, ipapo pasi paChanzy, akanga achiedza kufamba kuchamhembe kunobvisa Paris. Akakunda hondo paOrléans musi wa 2 Zvita uye Le Mans kubva 10 kusvika 12 Ndira 1871. Nokuda kwemabasa ake akakwidziridzwa kuva Generalfeldmarschall. Pashure pehondo, Muchinda wacho akaitwa Inspector-General uye akapiwa chinzvimbo cheMukuru Mukuru weRussia naAlexander II weRussia. 