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Fragmented troops pursuing

Posted: Sat May 21, 2011 6:54 pm
by Vespasian28
Not that common I grant you but it happened this afternoon.

Not too sure what to do but decided they would pursue. However, this put them into a position to charge a fresh enemy in the flank and totally stumped as fragmented troops cannot charge.

Any answers to both pursuing and contacting fresh enemy with fragmented please?

Posted: Sun May 22, 2011 3:25 am
by hazelbark
Page 140-1.

Pretty clear Frag'd units do pursue.

Note it appears from wording only frag'd units that are hit test, not those hitting.

Also something I never saw. Everyone can always roll not to contact fresh enemy. :idea:

Posted: Sun May 22, 2011 9:54 am
by Vespasian28
Note it appears from wording only frag'd units that are hit test, not those hitting.


True enough.

However, I was thinking about the general rule that fragmented units cannot charge and the specific "If pursuers contact fresh enemy in any phase, this is treated as a charge on the contacted enemy"(pg 141).

Presumably one infers that a pursuit is different from a declared charge, which is forbidden to fragmented BG's; and again that contact in a pursuit is treated as a charge in all respects from a combat adjudication status?