Slitherine

Here I have my second question from our first real battle. Sorry if I go on a bit! I will try to make this a bit less woffly!

This is what I, as umpire, ruled.

In the case of a pike and shot BG giving rear support to artillery if the artillery is shot at the artillery take the hits and lose cohesion as they take and fail cohesion tests. The cohesion state of the artillery has no effect whatsoever on the supporting BG.

It is possible and - in fact - likely that the artillery will be in range to be shot at whereas the supporting group will not as the supporting group count their position as behind the artillery.

However when the artillery is charged the supporting battle group take part in the combat as if they were positioned where the front of the artillery were and are still steady.

The artillery, if fragmented (as ours were) have to take a cohesion test for being charged while fragmented. If they pass (as ours did) then they remain in place.

The cohesion status of the artillery still has no effect on the supporting battlegroup who fight as normal. If the supporting group win the combat and break the chargers then the artillery are still in place and the supporting group are behind them.

Is this correct please?

Sounds correct
I managed to shoot a unit of light artillery to its break point with failed cohesion tests, the supporting pike and shot behind them had to check morale for seeing friends break, but passed and were otherwise unaffected by the artillery failing its other cohesion tests.

Same battle but against a Med artillery battery with supporting foot behind, I charged them and fought the supporting troops, who fragged me, so I broke off and tried my luck at shooting the artillery instead. I managed to eventually rally to steady and moved back into short range of the guns. I was only able to drop their cohesion to disrupted before their side hit their army break point, but once again the supporting foot were unaffected by the artillery batteries disruption.