The Prussian Army is often considered to have used the flexible command of "Auftragstaktik" (mission tactics), by which subordinate officers led using personal initiative. This developed out of the relationship between the "Junker" aristocracy, who made up most of the officer corps, and the monarchy. In return for political support from the nobles, the monarchs granted them greater privileges on their estates and greater initiative on the battlefield. According to the theory of "Auftragstaktik", the commander would issue a mission to his subordinate officers, who were to pursue the directive as they saw fit. Gneisenau was an early proponent of "Auftragstaktik", and Moltke interpreted the theory as "the higher the authority, the shorter and more general" the orders; considerable leeway was granted to subordinates in order to pursue the goal. 19th-century historians saw Leuthen as one of the best examples of "Auftragstaktik" and an early example of combined arms.