 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Faidherbe akakurumidza kuzviratidza kuti ndiye mukuru mukuru wehondo akarwa nemauto ePrussian mumatunhu eFrance, uye akahwina kukunda kudiki kwakati kurwisa Hondo Yekutanga yePrussian mumataundi eHam, HalluePont-Noyelles, uye Bapaume. Pasinei nounyanzvi hwake hwokurwa, Faidherbe haana kumbokwanisa kuumba hondo yakasimba zvakakwana kuti inetseke zvikuru vaPrussian, sezvo hondo yake, yakaumbwa nevashandi vatsva, yakatambura nematambudziko makuru ekupa uye kushushikana kwepfungwa munguva yechando yechando ye1870-1871. Mauto okuchamhembe akaita zvakanaka zvikuru nokurova mauto omuvengi akaparadzana uye ipapo kudzokera shure kwebhanhire renhare dzakapoteredza Pas-de-Calais. Pakupedzisira, zvisinei, Faidherbe akarayirwa negurukota reHondo Leon Gambetta kurwisa maPrussian Faidherbe akamhanyira muhondo yakavhurika paSt Quentin uye uto rake rakaparadzwa. 