(Jomini: "l'art de diriger les armées sur les théatres d'opérations")[1], tactics the science of the use of military forces in battle (Jomini: "l'art de diriger les troupes sur les champs de bataille").[2][3] General von Horsetzki (1892) defines strategy as the study of the conditions necessary for success in war. Archduke Charles calls strategy the "science of war" and tactics the "art of war". Frederick the Great and Napoleon always employed the term "l'art de guerre" instead of the term "strategy". None of these definitions are comprehensive enough, because they do not cover marches, outposts, the supply service, and enterprises in minor tactics. Professor Delbrück's definition is much more appropriate: "Strategy is the science of utilizing military resources for the attainment of the object of the war, tactics the art of leading troops into and in battle." Thiers, the French historian, instead of seeking to define strategy and tactics, contents himself with explaining the problems of each: "Le stratège doit concevoir le plan de campagne, embrasser d'un seul coup d'oeilil] tout le théatre présumé de la guerre, tracer lignes d'opérations et diriger les masses sur les points décisifs. Le tacticien a pour mission de régler l'ordre de leurs marches, de les disposer en bataille aux différents points, indiqués par le stratège, d'engager l'action, de la soutenir et de manoeuvreruvrer] pour atteindre le but proposé."[4] Fieldmarshal Moltke calls strategy "the
- ↑ "The art of directing armies In the theater of operations."
- ↑ "The art of directing troops on the field of battle."
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
