actually he is saying,,, you must have bases visible in your case, the MF were right behind the skirmishers, if they fled behind no base would be in the front of Unit A since they are all hiding behind MF. if the MF were off to the side(by a base) and you moved back then the skirmishes can get away,...

in essence unit B would still be in front of the medium infantry..thus preventing the medium infantry from charging.

question on leaving the restricted zone, specifically for skirmishers on foot skirmish units A and B are in each others restricted zone, right behind B is a unit of medium foot infantry (they are not in the restricted zone 2MU range). unit B wants to retreat behind medium foot, however this takes th...

in the impact phase you get ++ for poa, plus flanked unit gets a drop in cohesion
what bonus is their in melee combat.

situation

2by2 light horse flank a 2x2 light horse unit. what kind of bonus.

thanks
kal