 Kuunganidzwa kwevanhu muna 1870 pakutanga kweHondo yeFrance nePrussian kwakamuisa kumusoro kweVIII Rhineland Army Corps, ichiumba chikamu cheFirst Army pasi pavon Steinmetz. Kwaive kutungamira kwake kwakatsunga uye kwakasimba uko kwakabatsira zvikuru mukukunda paSpicheren musi wa6 Nyamavhuvhu, uye von Goeben akahwina maruva chete akawanikwa parutivi rwerudyi rwePrussian paGravelottemusi wa18 August. Pasi paManteuffel, VIII Corps yakatora chikamu mumabasa pamusoro peAmiens ne Bapaume, uye musi wa 8 Ndira 1871, Goeben akatsiva mukuru iyeye mukutungamira kweFirst Army. 