That _relative advantage in Position with the Column of Attack_, expressed:
1. By superior location, direction and development of the Kindred Strategic Front of Operations; and
2. By the occupation of Points of Departure, of Manoeuvre, of Command and of the Strategic Key of a True Strategic Horizon, indicates that a Strategic Grand Battle in the first instance; and in the second case that a Tactical Grand Battle is most favorable in the existing situation.
That _relative advantage in Position with the Column of Support_, expressed by superior facilities for occupying with the Kindred Promotable Factors their corresponding Points of Junction in the Kindred Logistic Horizon, is materially manifested upon the Chess-board by the larger number of Pawn Altitudes which either are open, or may be opened, despite all possible resistance by the enemy; and such advantage designates those adverse Points of Impenetrability and Points of Resistance to the march of the Kindred Promotable Factors, which it is necessary to nullify.
That _relative advantage in Position with the Column of Manoeuvre_, expressed by the security of the Kindred and the exposure of the adverse Strategetic Rear to attack by the Kindred Column of Support, is materially manifested upon the Chess-board by the occupation by a Kindred Promotable Factor of the Point of Proximity; and such advantage indicates that the advance with all possible celerity of such Promotable Factor and Point of Proximity toward the corresponding Point of Junction is a dominating influence in the existing situation.
From the advantage in Position appertaining to the three Grand Columns is deduced the character of the Grand Battle properly in sequence.
_Advantage in Position with the Column of Attack_ indicates the opportunity, all else being equal, to engage in a victorious Strategic Grand Battle against the hostile Formation in Mass, or in a Tactical Grand Battle against the hostile Formation by Wings.
_Advantage in Position with the Column of Support_ indicates the opportunity to engage effectively in a series of minor battles, as though having the advantage in Numbers.
_Advantage in Position with the Column of Manoeuvre_ indicates the opportunity to engage in a victorious Logistic Grand Battle against the adverse Formation by Grand Columns.