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their Army’s HQ Reserve, per round, if there are units available. A unit
coming from the Reserves may quite easily become the “engaged” unit for
the round to come.
● The battle region must simply be within the HQ’s command reach.
● If several HQs have jointly engaged in battle, the unit may come from
either reserve.
● The same applies to the GHQ Strategic Reserve, on condition that
the GHQ is no more than 3 regions from the battle.
The Rear
To respect the maximum stacking limit in the attacked region, you may
withdraw a corps towards “the rear” in order to bring in a reinforcement
corps.
● It is not important to know where the “rear” is during the battle.
● What is important is that it is necessary to respect the authorized
stacking limit (max. # of corps) for each battle round: e.g. 6 in plain, 4
in mountain.
● Disorganized corps or those leaving for the “rear” will be placed back
into the Armies, or in their reserve, after the battle.
“First Line” Unit (+ artillery support)
For the new round, each player may change his “first line” combat unit,
and/or choose to support it with artillery. If it is a major battle, the units
cannot leave their sub-battle to go into another.
Remember: a same unit may be engaged consecutively during
several rounds, but will sustain a penalty in the case of a morale check
(exhausted unit).
11.3.7 Duration and End of the Battle
Barring elimination of one side’s units, duration of the battle may be
affected by various elements, such as:
Obstinacy of the General (Attacker only)
A battle must last a number of rounds equal to the Obstinacy value of the
Attacker’s general (except if mandatory retreat or total elimination has
occurred before).
This obstinacy value is only applicable in attack
(not in defense). If the general engages in
several battles, this value is for all of the
engaged battles, thus the rounds of all the battles
are added.
● In 1914, each round of a major battle is worth
2 Obstinacy (thus 1 for each sub-battle).
● In 1915+, each round is worth 1 Obstinacy,
no matter what the nature of the battle
may be.
● It the Attacker attacks with 2 Armies, for the
minimum duration of the battle, Obstination is
the one of the highest ranking general.
Defeat
If, at the end of a combat round, one of the sides
has no more units “commited” or in the “Rear”, he
loses the battle and must retreat. Its opponent is
the winner.
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