that Moltke censured in his official report on the war of 1866, wherein he stated: “The higher commanders have not been able to make their influence felt down to the subordinate grades. Frequently, as soon as the divisions and brigades have come in contact with the enemy, all control over them has entirely ceased.” [5] _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.