Art De La Guerre

[A4]

Pike A is fighting pike X frontally. Light foot B is in side edge contact with A and in corner-to-corner contact with A and X. B gives A overlap support in the melee:

Y

X
AB

If X's mate, pike Y comes along and charges B in the front can B still evade?

Ie are units providing overlap support locked-in to that melee or can they move freely?

I think I know the answer to this, but others play it differently so I want to check.

[belinconnux]

B can and must evade cause it's a LI unit.
An overlapping unit isn't locked by his position.
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Peter Lord dobeul impact

[Hazelbark]

[A4]

Thanks, both, for your clear and conclusive help. I was fairly sure the light infantryman could get away, but my friend wasn't. I've been wrong about things I was fairly sure of in the past, so wanted to check.

Are there any circumstances in which the light infantryman could not evade (assuming he had a clear path to his rear)? Eg if X killed A and slid across into the front of light infantryman B, cd B still get away?

[footslogger]

the light infantry can't escape if someone pursues into them

[belinconnux]

Or if LI is in rought or difficult terrain.
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Hasta la victoria Siempre!
Peter Lord dobeul impact

[Hazelbark]