If there were no other units on the table it would be a problem. However, in most games there will be more than just those three units. In the scenario you describe all I have to do is get one non-skirmishing unit of either foot or cav within charge range to make your skirmish cover run for the hill...

From what I've read (though not exhaustive in any way) the cannons of the period were not firing in massive parabolic arcs. With that in mind, I think that 1600 men whether in close order or a looser "skirmish" (the idea of an entire brigade skirmishing at once seems a little harder to swa...

I wouldn't say something is wrong. I'm admittedly very new to the ruleset but it seems that this is an example of when the combined arms of Napoleonic warfare would come into play. His skirmishers are blocking your artillery? Send some cav their way. Assuming I've got that part of the rules down cor...