Unable to initiate flank

[Warg1]

In a current game i had surrounded an enemy cav unit with light horse on one side and cav on the other. My LH charged the cav from the rear and were still locked in melee the following turn. I then attempted to charge the now engaged enemy cav unit with my own cav. However the pre-combat box showed the combat as frontal charge and no auto-drop of cohesion.

Have the rules changed as in the past I would have been able to charge from the rear causing an auto drop in cohesion?

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[rbodleyscott]

In a current game i had surrounded an enemy cav unit with light horse on one side and cav on the other. My LH charged the cav from the rear and were still locked in melee the following turn. I then attempted to charge the now engaged enemy cav unit with my own cav. However the pre-combat box showed the combat as frontal charge and no auto-drop of cohesion.

Have the rules changed as in the past I would have been able to charge from the rear causing an auto drop in cohesion?

Yes. As of update 1.5.30

"o Non-light troops will no longer turn to face light troops in close combat if the enemy would then be able to flank/rear charge them with a non-light unit on his next turn."

If you look at the red cavalry banner, you can see that it is still facing your cavalry. The banner is what shows the "official" facing of a unit, not the way its models are facing. (In a two rank deep unit, only the rear rank models would turn to face rear attackers, but of course this isn't possible for a 1 rank deep unit, because the rear rank is also the front rank. Although in this case, as the light horse have attacked at an angle, only 1 of the models has turned to face.)

[Warg1]

Thanks Richard. Is there a thread/post that lists changes for the various updates?

[Paul59]

Thanks Richard. Is there a thread/post that lists changes for the various updates?

Not a thread, but if you look in the games installation folder you will find a file called PatchNotes. All the changes are listed in that document.