Table I supposes that the chance of hitting and damaging does not change until the target is destroyed.
As the desire of the author is now to show the advantage of having a superadequate force, the following table has been calculated to show the effect of forces of different size in fighting an enemy of known and therefore constant size: TABLE II -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Col.

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A | 1100 | 1500 | 2000 | | B | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | |Damage done in 1st period by A | 110 | 150 | 200 | | B | 100 | 100 | 100 | |Value of offensive power at end of 1st period A | 1000 | 1400 | 1900 | | B | 890 | 850 | 800 | |Damage done in 2nd period by A | 100 | 140 | 190 | | B | 89 | 85 | 80 | |Value of offensive power at end of 2nd period A | 911 | 1315 | 1820 | | B | 790 | 710 | 610 | |Damage done in 3rd period by A | 91 | 131 | 182 | | B | 79 | 71 | 61 | |Value of offensive power at end of 3rd period A | 832 | 1244 | 1759 | | B | 699 | 579 | 422 | |Damage done in 4th period by A | 83 | 124 | 176 | | B | 70 | 58 | 43 | |Value of offensive power at end of 4th period A | 762 | 1186 | 1716 | | B | 616 | 455 | 252 | |Damage done in 5th period by A | 76 | 119 | 172 | | B | 62 | 46 | 25 | |Value of offensive power at end of 5th period A | 700 | 1140 | 1691 | | B | 540 | 336 | 80 | |Damage done in 6th period by A | 70 | 114 | 169 | | B | 54 | 34 | 8 | |Value of offensive power at end of 6th period A | 646 | 1106 | 1683 | | B | 470 | 222 | 0 | |Damage done in 7th period by A | 65 | 110 | | | B | 47 | 22 | | |Value of offensive power at end of 7th period A | 599 | 1084 | | | B | 405 | 112 | | |Damage done in 8th period by A | 60 | 108 | | | B | 41 | 11 | | |Value of offensive power at end of 8th period A | 558 | 1073 | | | B | 345 | 4 | | |Damage done in 9th period by A | 56 | 4 | | | B | 35 | 0 | | |Value of offensive power at end of 9th period A | 523 | 1073 | | | B | 289 | 0 | | |Damage done in 10th period by A | 53 | | | | B | 29 | | | |Value of offensive power at end of 10th period A | 494 | | | | B | 236 | | | |Damage done in 11th period by A | 49 | | | | B | 24 | | | |Value of offensive power at end of 11th period A | 470 | | | | B | 187 | | | | | | | | |Value of offensive power at end of 16th period A | 422 | | | | B | 0 | | | -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- It will be noted that if our force is superior to the enemy's in the ratio of 1,100 to 1,000, the fight will last longer than if it is superior in the ratio of 1,500 to 1,000, in the proportion of 16 to 9; and that if it is superior in the ratio of 1,100 to 1,000 the fight will last longer than if it is superior in the ratio of 2 to 1, in the proportion of 16 to 6.