Art De La Guerre

FAQ. A unit on a road that crosses a river is on a bridge. It is then treated as if it were in clear terrain and has no penalty in combat or shooting.:

Ok, thems now the rules, and not worth any mo ...

P72 states that the road may not cross impassable terrain…..

See page 75, ROAD BP 3 and 4; It is specifically allowed to cross a flooded (impassable) river.

Contact is just impossible.
Missile fire only.

Why do you say that? If the back edge is in and front edge out the enemy could still contact it even if it do not initiate itself.

I think Mike has the answer.
Troops on a road would march in a narrow column. However when fighting, the troops would deploy in a battle line, spreading out across the terrain.

As Ethan osays, ...

Ambrose Burnside has views on this...though perhaps not the best argument...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnside%27s_Bridge

Supporting fire unconstrained by the width of the bridge probably m ...

In battle troops are say up to 16 deep in wide formations. This is not a formation that can benefit from a road

I think that roads are for strategic movement, and especially useful for supply wag ...

Ok but..

Terrain in a road for combat purposes is determined for the terrain underneath, in this case, is difficult?

I would say impassable, so you could not cross if defended.

That sound ...

Hi Tim,

I agree; it seems the only logical way.

IIRC it was Mike Bennett at Codgers who had been told that his taking of the camp didn't count because they had not reached the end of that tu ...

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I would suggest that the commander can only be placed in ambush if all the units of the corps are in the same ambush. In this case the commander must be with the group, though does not count t ...

Hi Mike, I can do that.

Thanks Kev

Hi guys

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…. when continuing a charge (see p 43) ….

This seems to support the idea that a charging group can split up, with some continuing the charge and others not. Of course for impetuous it can be c ...

I will be bringing along much of the remaining stuff from the estate of Colin Sharpe. Most of you will already have seen much of it, as his death was 5 years ago now. This is the tail end of the colle ...

There is no impetuous charge as the unit would contact the elephant. On the other hand, if it chooses to charge, it must move at least 2ud, and so will contact the elephant, no voluntarily stopping s ...