 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Lieutenant General Infantry Werder pamwe chete naBaron Kolmar von der Goltz weGermany, mushure meKukombwa kweStrasbourgmuna September 1870, akanga achifamba akananga kumadokero. Basa rokutanga raWerder raiva rokuparadza mauto eFrance kubva kuVosges range, uye musi waOctober 1, kufambira mberi kweGermany 14th Army, inotungamirirwa naGeneral Degenfeld, yakatanga kufamba kuburikidza neVosges. Kupfuura nemumipata, varwi veGermany vakanga vasingafaniri kurwa, uye kurwisana kukuru kwokutanga pakati pemauto eGermany neFrance kwakaitika pamakomo ekumadokero emakomo, achiguma nekukunda kwaDegenfeld pamusoro peEastern Army yeFrance yakanga ichangobva kuumbwa. Sezvo Cambriels aive mutungamiri weEastern Army uyo akanga aedza kugadzirisa mauto ake, Werder akatenda kuti aifanira kutanga atarisana nemuvengi, asati atanga rwendo rwekufamba mukati meFrance, zvinopesana nemirairo yekutanga kubva kuMukuru weGeneral Staff wePrussian Army, General Helmuth von Moltke. 