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The Ems Dispatch was a telegram reporting on a conversation between Wilhelm I and the French ambassador, Léon Gambetta. Bismarck intentionally altered the wording of the dispatch to incite public outrage in France and rally support for war among German states.
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The Ems dispatch (French: Dépêche d'Ems, German: Emser Depesche), sometimes called the Ems telegram, was published on 13 July 1870; it incited the Second French Empire to declare war on the Kingdom of Prussia on 19 July 1870, starting the Franco-Prussian War.
What was the significance of Otto von Bismark's altering of the Ems Dispatch in 1870? Public opinion in Prussia turned against King Wilhelm, allowing Bismark to usurp the thrown. The Alsace-Lorraine was ceded to France in exchange for military support in a mission to conquer Austria.
The Ems Dispatch History was about the take a dramatic turn. The evening of his encounter with Benedetti, Wilhelm sent a telegram to Bismarck through Heinrich Abeken (a Prussian politician and close confidant of the king and Bismarck) to report the new demands made by the French.
