The cruel terms exacted by Bismarck and Moltke in their late contest with France indicate the real animus of Prussia.

He was younger by ten years, I should say, than either Von Heeringen or Von Zwehl; too young, I judged, to have got his training in the blood- and-iron school of Bismarck and Von Moltke of which the other two must have been brag-scholars.

In two weeks the German forces were mobilized, and the colossal organization, in three great armies, all directed by Moltke as chief of staff to the commander-in-chief, the still vigorous old man who ruled and governed at Berlin, were on their way to the seat of war.

Count von Moltke at this time came prominently on the European stage as the greatest strategist since Napoleon.

Count Von Moltke From a photograph from life.