. France and the next war : a French view of modern war . CHArmont. Bar le due ENGLISH MILES5 10 KILOMETRES 5 10 15 t _ . L_ 264 OPERATIONS Let us carry ourselves back to the change of direc-tion carried out on October 13, 1806, by the GrandArmy in order to concentrate towards Jena, a move-ment so simple and so natural that, except for a wordin an order to Soult, there is no need for the Emperorto mention the itineraries. Truly the grand tacticsof Napoleon are superior to those of Moltke. Thelatter only consider the case of a battle in which theenemy has placed himself precisely on the li
. France and the next war : a French view of modern war . CHArmont. Bar le due ENGLISH MILES5 10 KILOMETRES 5 10 15 t _ . L_ 264 OPERATIONS Let us carry ourselves back to the change of direc-tion carried out on October 13, 1806, by the GrandArmy in order to concentrate towards Jena, a move-ment so simple and so natural that, except for a wordin an order to Soult, there is no need for the Emperorto mention the itineraries. Truly the grand tacticsof Napoleon are superior to those of Moltke. Thelatter only consider the case of a battle in which theenemy has placed himself precisely on the line of march ;they contain no provision for the unforeseen. It will be contended that Moltke did not manoeuvrewith army corps in one army, but did so with 1866, as in 1870, he divided his forces into threearmies, but did he use them to manoeuvre with ? Inthe examples we have just quoted there is no questionof an isolated army ; it is a case of armies glued togetherwhich form these groups of parallel columns. It is the ist and 2nd Armies together that mar
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