Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ngalaba Blue bụ akụkụ nke 12th Army Corps n'okpuru iwu nke Barthélémy Louis Joseph Lebrun, nke bụ nke ikpeazụ bịarutere Sedan mgbe o mere mgbalị ikpeazụ ịlaghachi azụ na General de Wimpffen. Ọ lụrụ ọgụ na
Bazeilles na 31 August na 1 Septemba 1870. E weghachitere obodo ahụ ma gbahapụ ya ugboro anọ, ebe ndị France 2,655 na ndị Bavaria 5,200 nwụrụ, na-akpali ihe osise nke ịhụ mba n'anya "Les dernières cartouches" ("The Last Cartridges") nke Alphonse de Neuville. Kwa afọ ndị agha mmiri na-eme ememe ncheta agha ahụ, na-emechi ememe ahụ site n'iti mkpu agha nke otu ahụ, "Au nom de Dieu, vive la coloniale" ("N'aha Chineke, ka "La Coloniale" dị ogologo ndụ") - otu ahụ nwere Chineke n'onwe ya dị ka onye nsọ ya.