Art De La Guerre

Leaving aside the debate over the commander unit (I usually have an integral commander), an entire corps of four units in ambush is a great way to confuse the opponent.
Remember to declare the ‘o ...

As Dickstick says, an uncontrolled charge only occurs where the impetuous unit has not received ANY orders, irrespective of the CP paid.

Here the unit HAS received orders (for 0CP) so is not subj ...

Ok, we have now strayed far enough off-topic.
I will pm you.

I think we do understand each other.
We agree that units not in contact should not be forced to enter the jaws of death - normal units need not charge, and the exception for impetuous units allows ...

Please stop referring to an uncontrolled charge. Units in contact with an enemy that conform are not considered to be charging by definition (special cases p42).

The problem with your suggestion i ...

What was the author’s rationale for including an explicit jaws of death exemption for impetuous troops, who are keen to get stuck in, from making an uncontrolled charge? Because in game terms chargi ...

I sympathise with the sentiment Zoltan, but them’s the rules as they say.

But you are correct that it will be unusual for a melee to have this result and then to be unable (or unwilling) to avo ...

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Corrected

Guys, this has already been answered here
https://www.artdelaguerre.fr/adlg/v3/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10467&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30

In brief, X is in contact with B. Unles ...

Agreed Mark on all points.

That said, this must be a vanishingly rare situation, given the need for a single impetuous unit that is on a road whose movement direction aligns with the road.

While many of the above arguments are theoretical, consider modern displays, especially trooping the colours, and marching bands. These all show how trained units can change formation.

Unfortunately not Alan.

The diagram on P46 is your guide here, specifically unit C which has several potential targets.

However, the nearest targets are excluded because they would result i ...

No, I did not disagree. Lionel said that an impetuous unit that is charging (ie the first to make contact) must comply with the charging rules. I added that those units in range to provide support mus ...

Correct Kevin. Where impetuous troops are within charge distance of an enemy unit (prohibitions excepted), they must make an uncontrolled charge unless they receive CP to do something else.

Using ...

Agreed Dan, Kevin and Mike.
Impetuous units without orders must attempt to move into legitimate contact with enemy units. Where there is more than one impetuous unit, they are considered left to ri ...