Re: [eia] France's land phase orders

[Michael Gorman <mpgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> The way I read 7.3.6.1 and 7.3.6.2, I think the only time an enemy depot can
> be used for supply is when it is left undefended, only garrisons can
> destroy their own depots, and 7.5.2.14 applies when corps are defending a
> depot. So: Yes. Yes. No.
>
> --
> J.

        Actually, a corps may be considered a part of a city or depot 
garrison, 7.3.3.3.2 and 7.3.3.5.1, so any actions a garrison can take, can 
be taken by corps.

        The state of the depot will depend upon Everett's decision on 
where the garrison forces are.  If all forces retire to the city and thus 
are city garrison, not depot garrison, the depot is ungarrisoned and thus 
can be burned, converted or used for supply by the arriving French 
force.    However, as there is absolutely no risk to Austria to declare 
that the depot is garrisoned and burn it before retiring the garrison into 
the city, there's no reason to let the French use it for supply or 
conversion unless he wants to be nice.
        If any form of garrison remains attached to the depot, there would 
be either a field or limited field battle and if the French won, they could 
convert or destroy the depot.  7.5.2.14 applies when anyone defends the 
depot, not just a corps.  We ran into this in our last game.  We're usually 
very sloppy about whether units are garrisons for the city or the depot and 
it usually doesn't matter since you can usually switch between the two at 
any time.   However, you have to keep in mind that a depot garrison and a 
city garrison represent two different locations that are zero movement 
points apart.

Other options:
        Everett could, choose to retire the garrison factor into the city 
and leave the corps defending the depot.  There would then be a field 
battle and the winner would control the depot.  If the French won, they 
could then initiate a siege battle in the same turn against the force that 
had chosen to garrison the city, whether it was corps or garrison factors 
of a mix of the two.
        Turkey is a better example at Constantinople since it has a huge 
garrison of regular infantry and two corps.  The city can hold 25 factors 
and the depot can hold 10 of the 25 garrison factors as depot garrison.  If 
Russia fought through the screen of corps Turkey has west of the city and 
then attacked, Turkey could divvy up the 25 factors and the two corps so as 
to have no more than 25 factors in the city and at most 10 of the 25 
garrison factors with the depot.  the corps would have to be located as 
whole units, he couldn't put half the corps in the city and half out, but 
he could mix and match who is in the city and who is out however he wants 
so long as the city holds no more factors of any sort than its capacity and 
the depot holds no more than 10 non-corps factors.  As there are more 
factors in the space than the city can hold, if the Russians won the first 
battle and drove off the forces outside the city, they could then choose to 
initiate a siege battle on the city immediately.
        I believe this is the only way in which a corps can participate in 
two battles within a single major power turn.

Mike

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