Die Führungs- und Kampfgrundsäße

[Der Alte Fritz]

What is does "Die Führungs- und Kampfgrundsäße" mean from the phase

2. Die Führungs- und Kampfgrundsäße sind im Stellungskrieg die gleichen wie im Bewegungskriege.

It is the "äße" bit that I find odd "should eat"

[Leo Niehorster]

Nothing to do with food.

It should be Grundsätze = priciples/basics.

Cheers
Leo

[Der Alte Fritz]

So that would make it:

"The Command and Battle principles are the same in the Positional Warfare as in the Mobile Warfare."

It is the character 'ß' that seems to be causing me difficulties especially when written in Fraktur. Grundsäße is correct is it not or am I reading the Fraktur incorrectly?

[Quax der Bruchpilot]

Often mistaken as "b" in English papers. The letter's name is "Scharf-S" (sharp S), also commonly known as "S-Z" (Ess-Zett) or "Dreierles-S" (schoolchildren's nomenclature: an "s" like a "3"). The letter in principle can be replaced by "ss", but not vice versa.

"säss" is pronounced like "Jazz", "sätz" sounds like "cats". "Grundsätze" is plural of Grundsatz, which literally means "basic sentence", the meaning is "principle" ."Grundsatz" also means "ground jump" but is not used for it.
"säss" is part of "Gesäss" meaning "ass"

[Der Alte Fritz]

My on-line dictionary does not seem to like the ß character.
I tried "säße" (would sit) and "äße" (should eat) and "Grundsaße" did not get any answer. Is this because it is 'older' German and not 'modern' German I wonder? Am using the following:
PROMT, Google Translate, LEO, etc
Is there a better one for German from early C20th?
Thanks

[Quax der Bruchpilot]

Somebody confused "s-z", which is your word,
with "t-z" meaning Grundsatz, which is very common and correct/

However the "DUDEN" which is the reference work for the German language gives "Sasse" as medieval word for "land owner", which is translated "Grundbesitzer","Grundsasse" (also "Grundsass" then) could be a very old word combined with a newer one meaning owner of "ground" or "land".

However in combination with Führung- and Kampf: 100.00% "Grundsatz"

http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Sass#block_2