Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe Agha Franco-Prussian malitere na July 1870, Bataille bụ onye isi nke 2nd Division nke "général de division" Charles Auguste Frossard's II Army Corps. Ngalaba ya duziri ndị agha Frossard n'agha mmeghe nke agha ahụ, Agha nke Saarbrücken, na 2 August 1870. Na
Agha nke Spicheren na 6 Ọgọstụ, Frossard tinyere ndị agha Bataille na nchekwa, mana Bataille mere ka ndị agha ahụ rụọ ọrụ na-enweghị iwu sitere n'aka Frossard, kewaa ya abụọ iji kwado akara French megide mwakpo ndị Germany na ịkwado akara French, ọ bụ ezie na ọ na-agọnahụ Frossard ohere ọ bụla iji mee ihe site n'itinye nchekwa ya. Na-ekpebi ihe iyi egwu dị na French aka ekpe na-eto eto, Bataille n'onwe ya wepụtara ndị agha iji wusie aka ekpe ike, na njedebe nke ụbọchị ahụ ga-ewepụta ihe ndị dị na nkewa ya n'aka nri ndị France gburugburu Stiring-Wendel n'okpuru ọnọdụ siri ike ka ndị agha France si n'ọgbọ agha ahụ pụọ.