Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te pakarutanga o te Pakanga Franco-Prussian i te Hōngongoi 1870, ko Bataille te rangatira o te 2nd Division o "général de division" Charles Auguste Frossard's II Army Corps. I arahina e tana wehenga nga ope a Frossard i te pakanga whakatuwhera o te pakanga, te Pakanga o Saarbrücken, i te 2 o Akuhata 1870. I te
I te Pakanga o Spicheren i te 6 o Akuhata, i whakanohoia e Frossard te wehenga a Bataille ki te rahui, engari i whakawhiwhia e Bataille te wehenga ki te mahi me te kore whakahau mai i a Frossard, ka wehea kia rua nga waahanga hei tautoko i te raina French ki te whakaeke a Tiamana me te tautoko i te raina French, ahakoa te whakakore i a Frossard i tetahi whai waahi ki te whakatere ma te tuku i tana rahui. I te whakawakanga i te riri i te taha maui o Parani, i wehe a Bataille i tana ake kaupapa ki te whakakaha i te taha maui, ana i te mutunga o te ra ka tangohia nga waahanga o tana wehenga i te taha matau o Parani huri noa i Stiring-Wendel i raro i nga ahuatanga uaua i te mea kua hoki mai te ope French mai i te pakanga.