Re: [eia] foraging, sieges, and unused movement

[Michael Gorman <mpgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>     There is an alternative, though.  We could just keep Joel's orders and
> his forage rolls intact and assume that his corps are simply not laying
> siege this turn.  (The siege rules give you the option of not making siege
> attempts.)  That would allow him to use his unused movement for forage.  In
> fact, I think we should adopt this as a general policy:  if a corps moves
> into a city space containing an enemy corps and decides to use their unused
> movement for forage, then the attacking corps will be unable to lay siege
> during that turn.  (Of course, since there was no such policy in effect when
> Joel wrote his orders, he should have the right to revise them if he
> wishes.)
>
> kdh
        I think this actually makes the rules fit.  7.5.4 talks about 
sieges following field battles and allows that forces in the field battle 
could have chosen to not use movement points for their forage rolls so that 
they would be able to lay siege to a city.  This could be extended to a 
general statement that when you enter an area you decide if your forces are 
going to be ready to lay siege to a city or if they will only be ready for 
field actions.  At that point it no longer matters when an attack is 
declared for supply purposes, the force is prepared to lay siege or it is 
not prepared to lay siege.
        The big reason I want a reading that does not allow attack 
declarations until after movement is to prevent blitzkrieg moves.  Looking 
at the Turkish defense strategy thus far, Joel has been setting up a screen 
of expendable corps to keep Russia moving slowly and force me to spread my 
corps out into lots of garrisons. That should be something you can do.  If 
attack declarations occur within movement, then I could have a corps attack 
a point in the screen and force Joel to either fight a field battle or 
allow units moving on the same turn to all run right by his corps that fell 
back into the city.  We have a house rule to stop this, but I don't think 
the rules are supposed to allow you to get away with this in the first place.

Mike


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