[eia] couple rules questions

On top of the pending question regarding limited access, a couple other (smaller) questions came up when JJ and I resolved our battles. The first is a genuine question, although its importance is minimal since it is not likely to come up again. The second issue is more of a request for endorsement than a genuine question, but it is more important, because it is likely to come up again.

First question: Condition H attached to the Withdraw strategy states, "If defender is all cavalry and/or cossacks/freikorps, strategic rating is '+1'." So what happens if an infantry corps and a cavalry corps are leader-less and, hence, dicing separately. The first alternative is that the infantry corps gets no modifier to its roll and the cavalry corps gets a +1. The other alternative is that neither corps gets the +1 because the defending force is not "all cavalry". [In our battle, JJ rolled well enough so that it didn't matter either way.] I can see arguments going both ways on this one. What do you guys think?

Second question: What is the proper procedure for retreating British forces? For most of us the rules are pretty straightforward and easy to apply. They say we have to be retreated/withdrawn towards our nearest depot or towards our national capital, whichever is closest. However, for Great Britain these rules can make for some very odd behavior. (Use your imagination here.) So here is a supplement to the rules for retreating which I suggest we adopt to make things a little more realistic for GB.

- In the event that Country A is using Combined Movement with Country B, Country A and Country B should be treated as if they were the same country as far as ownership of depots and national capitals is concerned. (So Country A could be retreated to Country B's depot/capital rather than being retreated in some awkward direction.)

- If the nearest eligible depot is one that is off the coast (used for invasion supply), forces that are retreated should be kept on the coast (if possible) so that supply lines are not broken. [This seems to carry out the spirit of the retreat rules which are to fall back toward your supply lines.]

Is there any objection to adopting these supplementary rules by unanimous consent? They should make British retreats much more reasonable in most cases. (Notice, though, that these supplementary rules would not have affected the British withdrawal from Genoa at all because Britain was not using combined movement and it had no offshore depots.)

kdh