No Flank Attack Advantage?

[BillRunacre]

In one of my tournament games, I've got a strange situation where my Egyptian spearmen start the turn on the left flank of a unit of Mercenary Hoplites,

The latter are fighting a unit of Egyptian archers, therefore when I mouse hovered I was expecting to see a mention of charging the Hoplites in the flank and reducing their cohesion. Better predictions too as a result.

However, as the image shows, there's no mention of it being a charge in the flank, and the odds of success are zero.

I've put white lines around both units' outline to show the ones in question.

In the end, as I needed to end the turn, I've charged a unit of Egyptian archers who are just out of sight to the right of the image.

However, this seems very bizarre. Are there special rules for Hoplites that I've not seen before, or is this a bug?

Thanks

Bill

[BillRunacre]

I've got another example in my next turn, where a unit of archers is starting behind the flank of a unit of Mercenary Hoplites, but again no flank impact is showing in the predictions.

[rbodleyscott]

Your screenshots are not showing, so I cannot really comment on the specific situation.

However, as a guess, if this game is from the tournament, are you sure the flank isn't protected by an irrigation ditch? (Ditches protect from either side)

[BillRunacre]

I think you're right. My focus was on getting over the dry stream in the middle, so I crossed that asap as I hate fighting in streams, and I hadn't realised there were irrigation ditches there!

Just to be certain, I've uploaded the images a different way so hopefully they're showing now:

[rbodleyscott]

Yes, it's the ditches.