Moltke followed the trajectory of the Schlieffen plan, but only up to the point where it was painfully obvious that he would have needed the army of the Schlieffen plan to proceed any further along these lines.
Moltke fulgte buen fra Schlieffenplan, men kun indtil det punkt, hvor det stod klart, at han ville have haft behov for arméen i Schlieffenplanen for at fortsætte længere ad den vej.