Art De La Guerre

The text from section 8, 2nd bp is
Continuing a charge is optional for non-Impetuous units. It is mandatory for all Impetuous units but only if they can contact a new enemy or if they are pursuing ev ...

Step 8, 2nd bp says that impetuous units must continue a charge if there are other enemy in range.

As described, the charging HC will stay in contact with the evading LC, but would be out of rang ...

Agreed Hazelbark and Dickstick, the evade may slide then wheel to avoid the obstacle.

I suggest that if the angle were closer to perpendicular to the river, the evaders would instead have the opti ...

P63 Charge procedure, #6, 2nd bullet covers your question :-
A group comprising units with different speeds dice separately. I suggest it is the player’s choice which sub-group dices first

Interpretation, adjusting positions p39 answers your question.

Basically, as long as the interpretation and charge are legal, then the unit being interpenetrated is displaced to its rear.

In ...

Apologies steve, you are correct on point #3.

Assuming the MC started in the ZoC of the MSW, I agree it may not do anything other than advance.

I rechecked involuntarily exiting a ZoC an ...

No Steve, you may only slide along the flank of a unit that is already in melee. So:-
In the first example, if the MC declare a charge on the LI, moving straight ahead in order to hit the MSW, it wil ...

P28 commander in combat is the key here.
When a unit loses a cohesion point, we tend to dice immediately for the commander but it is more correct to wait until after all melees are complete, so the ...

As Hazelbark and others have said, these questions depend to some extent on following the processes and rules.

P43, The chargers declare a target, which may be the LI or the HI behind.
The LI ...

For a standard unit or group, the cost is one CP to disengage.

So it seems plausible in your case that your opponent paid 1CP to charge the MC into the flank of an existing melee to inflict a coh ...

Hi Mark, much depends on the circumstances. In isolation, light troops that are charged may try to evade. BUT, they may not evade if they are in melee.

There is however a different situation. Ass ...

Correct Mike. See p47, Troops that may not evade.

So here, the LI may not evade because it is in melee, and when hit on the flank by heavier enemy it loses a cohesion point, has it’s base val ...

P41 is the key page here. Unit 2 is contacting a new enemy that is already in melee (with unit 1), so it may slide along the flak to provide simple support (sliding along the enemy, 1st bullet).

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And conformation only takes place after movement of all units has taken place (including evades and charges), and so only occurs once.

I agree with you that P43 is not entirely clear in that respect. If the charger is regular it may stop at the minimum distance, in simple support or slide past B and C (which are both in melee) stop ...