I te Pakanga Franco-Prussian o 1870-71 i whawhai te ope taua i raro i te whakahau a General von Voigts-Rhetz i roto i nga pakanga maha tae atu ki te Pakanga o Mars-la-Tour, Pakanga o Spicheren
, Te whakapae o Metz, te Pakanga o Beaune-la-Rolande, te Pakanga o Orléans me te Pakanga o Le Mans.