There are _two primary methods_ for availing of superiority in Numbers to
destroy the opposing lesser force, viz.:
1. _By the Process of Attrition, i.e., by maintaining an
incessant tactical offensive and thus wearing down the opposing
army by exchanging pieces at every opportunity._
2. _By Acting in Detachments, i.e., by means of the extra corps,
simultaneously to attack more points of vital importance than the
hostile army is able simultaneously to defend._
From the foregoing it is obvious that conversely there are two principal
considerations, which all else being equal, must dominate the procedure
of the Numerically inferior force, viz.: