Corps Comm. Crossing River???

[Blathergut]

Does a commander of any rank need to CMT to cross a chest-deep river on his own? We assumed so in today's game.

[KendallB]

Only units need to test to cross and Commanders aren't units. I'd say they can cross at will.

[Philip]

The rules for waist-high and shoulder-high rivers say you must pass a CMT to cross.
The CMT table on page 45 states that crossing an obstacle is a simple move for skirmishers.
Page 42 (last bullet point) says "He [the commander] moves the same distance and with the same restriction as Irregular light Cavalry". As Irreg LC are skirmishers, does this mean that commanders cross rivers as a simple move?

[terrys]

Page 42 (last bullet point) says "He [the commander] moves the same distance and with the same restriction as Irregular light Cavalry". As Irreg LC are skirmishers, does this mean that commanders cross rivers as a simple move?

A Commander can cross a river without a CMT unless it is a surging torrent.
He still takes a full move to cross unless it is ankle deep.

[Blathergut]

So we ended up erring twice:

1...commander tested to cross over to unit "trapped" on other side of shoulder-deep river...shouldn't have tested to get over

2...the unit "trapped" on the other side was light infantry in skirmish formation...they should have treated it as a simple move

[KendallB]

Surely the fact that you need a training value to know how many dice to use for the test should have given the game away.

[Blathergut]

To us rare ungeniuses, that point never was noted!

[deadtorius]

Alas I was at fault, I thought he moved the same as light cavalry, which is still slowed by terrain. Thus the cmt thing.
Point to note, only infantry can skirmish, light cavalry can be in a loose formation but never get skirmishing POA.