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Well, it seems, also, that he owed much to the skills of his artillery commander, the talented Oberstleutnant Georg Bruchmüller. I figure the more we get closer to our times, the more it's obvious that victories in battles are less the result of a single commander, but rather a collective endeavour. A general, whatever his gifts, cannot cover all the aspects. Battlefields can't be supervised by commanding generals with their own eyes, those days are gone for ever a long time ago. They have to rely on their subordinates with different fields of expertise. At him goes just the summum, he is the very end of decision chain. Not so funny anymore. This makes me remember the words of general Patton (played by George C. Scott) at the end of the movie which bears it's name (approximately): in the future the generals will be no more warriors, but managers. Sorry for my English and off topic considerations .

Thank you, thank you very much for your help. Your answers really enlightened an provided me a new perspective on how the thread went in the German Imperial Army. My old curiosity concerning this general is new satisfied. I would also point that, to my mind, even general Hutier doesn't takes credit for the infiltrations tactics, he still remains one of the best and most innovative german generals of World War I. He didn't invented them, but was creative enough and carreful to understand their advantages and to adapt them for the needs of the Eastern Theater. Sometimes, learning from someone else and creatively developing one's idea means, in some way, reinventing it. I repeat, it's just my opinion. Thank you once more !

Can anyone help to find out more on this man's career ? Until now, the only answers I've got are the dates of his comissioning as a Second Lieutenant (15.04.1875) and of his promotion to General of Infantry (27.01.1917). On the Prussian Machine forum there are a few informations. But very little is known about his career before the outbreak of the war. It seems so stranger to me not to mention things about his career, since in every topic concerning the general very much is told about "Hutier tactics" (well, he was not the inventor, but the first who applied infiltration tactic on a large scale). There is nothing mentioned except for he served in the Guards and that in 1885 he went to the Kriegsakademie. What about his promotions to First Lieutenant, Captain, Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel and Major General ? I found somewhere that he was appointed Lieutenant General in 1912 but nothing more precisely, like day and month. And the assignments, informations are still scarce, too.