Note 5 — INTRODUCTION.
Walter Krueger translation
Geist des neueren Kriegssystems.
[6] “The art of directing armies in the theater of operations.”
[7] “The art of directing troops on the field of battle.”
[8] “Everything affecting the use of troops in battle and the regulation of their activity with reference to battle, has been included in the term ‘tactics’, while the term strategy is synonymous with ‘generalship,’ exclusive of such matters as fall into the domain of tactics.” Blume, Strategie, p. 33.
“Tactics teaches how, and strategy why, one should fight.” General v. Scherff.
Strategy determines direction and objective of the movement of armies, while the manner of execution belongs to tactics.
[9] “Strategy should devise the plan of campaign, take in with a comprehensive glance the entire probable theater of war, establish the lines of operations and direct the masses on the decisive points.
“It is the mission of the tactician to decide upon the order of march of the troops, to form them for battle at the various points determined by strategy, to begin the action, to sustain it, and to maneuver so as to attain the desired end.” Thiers.
[10] v. Moltke, Tactical Problems, No. 58 (1878) p. 133.