This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VI CRITICISM OP GERMAN LEADERSHIP Foch's second book, De la Conduite de la Guerre, published in 1905, deals specially with the direction of a campaign by the general headquarters of an army; and he takes as the subject of his study the operations of the German armies in 1870, up to August 18th ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VI CRITICISM OP GERMAN LEADERSHIP Foch's second book, De la Conduite de la Guerre, published in 1905, deals specially with the direction of a campaign by the general headquarters of an army; and he takes as the subject of his study the operations of the German armies in 1870, up to August 18th. This was the day of the battle of Gravelotte (St. Privat), which closed the first phase of the campaign and was one of the decisive events of the war, for it resulted in Bazaine's army being shut up in Metz. Apart from its interest as a study of the work of the headquarters staff in directing the combined operations of three large armies, the book had a special value of its own for the readers for whom it was primarily written. It was based on lectures already given at the Ecole de Guerre, and intended to make the teaching they conveyed accessible to a still larger audience in the French army. It was exceedingly useful that French officers should realize that the German victories in 1870 were not due to any supremely wise and perfect direction of their armies. After the war of 1870, there had arisen, not only in Germany but also in other countries a kind of legend of the efficiency of Moltke's leadership in the war. According to this widely accepted version of the course of events, Moltke worked upon a plan of campaign that bad all the deadly efficiency of the opening and the series of moves made by a master player at the chess board. The German cavalry were everywhere out in front of the advance, keeping the headquarters informed of every movement of the French. Their reports were made the basis of orders that directed overwhelming masses with the certainty of fate against the weak points of the enemy. The whole campaign went like...
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