(3) You leave your dead behind while the defender must fight among his
fallen comrades, which is demoralizing.
(4) You usually are conscious of the fact that you have more men on your
side than the defender. You have more rifles on the line than the
enemy.
(5) Your fire is usually more efficacious than that of your opponent
because it is usually converging while his is diverging.
These advantages alone will not necessarily insure success, but fire
superiority, if gained and maintained, does insure success. By gaining
and maintaining fire superiority you remove all doubt as to the final
outcome of the attack.
DIFFERENT KINDS OF ATTACK
The most usual kinds of attack are:
Frontal Attack. This attack is delivered directly against the front of
the enemy. It offers little opportunity to bring more rifles against the
enemy than he can bring against you. Decisive results can only be
expected when your force is larger than your opponent's or when his is
unduly extended. It is a dangerous and costly method of attacking.
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