 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Apo Hondo yeFrench-Prussian yakatanga muna 1870 von Kirchbach akasimudzirwa kuva General der Infanterie uye akagadzwa kuti atungamirire V Corps yePrussian. Akaita basa rinokosha muhondo dzokutanga dzehondo paWissembourg neWörth. PaSedan von Kirchbach neV Corps yake vaive nebasa rekuvhara mhete kuchamhembe kwedunhu rakakomberedza Hondo yeChâlons yeFrance yakavharirwa paSedan. Mukati mokukombwa kweParis, V Corps yakatora nzvimbo kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweguta. Von Kirchbach akakwanisa kudzivisa kuedza kwose kwechiFrench kuputsa nzvimbo dzake paMont Valerien. Pana 18 February 1871 akapiwa mashizha eoki kuPour le Mérite yake. Muna February 1871 V Corps yakatumirwa kuOrléans uye muna March kuVesoul. 