Bataille Empire

This may have been asked elsewhere, but I couldn't find it. The French, Italian Army 1798-1800 provides for up to half of the light and line demi-brigades to be upgraded to veteran. I had thought I understood this simple statement, but now I'm not so sure. Assume an army list with 9 line and 3 light...

I generally agree with you Roger. Walt and I have played it from the beginning that a unit failing a morale test and falling back 2 UD passes through any friendly unit within 2 UD of it's rear. A careful reading of the rules seems to indicate that this is not correct as unit movement rates are never...

If I understand your diagram, what you are illustrating is a wheel and not a reorientation which is defined as a "spin" on the unit's center. I don't know that this has come up yet in one of our games, but I suspect we would be ok with this as the unit is not ending it's move in the middle of anothe...

Surely the guns are firing at the buildings, and not specifically at any of the troops scattered among the buildings.

I'm sorry, but I still just do not see it. The deployed artillery is a long, thin line of guns. Exactly how does this reorient itself 90 degrees to bring any appreciable fire to bear on a charging enemy unit without becoming inextricably intermixed with the supporting line of infantry. I would argue...

Exactly Roger. Well said.

I disagree. The artillery cannot reorient for the same reasons the infantry cannot do so.

Thanks for getting back to me.

First the situation. I hope this is clear as my ability to diagram the situation is limited. AAAAAA AAAAAA BB GG BB A = large Austrian unit in line formation facing down page and supporting an unlimbered artillery. G = unlimbered Austrian gun B = Bavarian unit in line facing the Austrians, and in po...

I have to agree Roger. This entire bullet point just doesn't belong in anything titled "charge priority". I agree with just about everything everyone has posted here. Sounds like it is not really a "translation error" as the French rules appear to say the same nonsensical thing.

Thanks to all.