FROM WOeRTH TO GRAVELOTTE "The Chief of the General Staff had his eye fixed from the first upon the capture of the enemy's capital, the possession of which is of more importance in France than in other countries.

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It is a delusion to believe that a plan of war may be laid for a prolonged period and carried out in every point."-- VON MOLTKE, _The Franco-German War_.
In olden times, before the invention of long-range arms of precision, warfare was decided mainly by individual bravery and strength.