Re: [eia] battle of Turin wrap-up

["J.J. Young" <jjy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A contrary example to Joel's is when a garrison starves to death during the
defender's foraging step, when the besieger is allowed to drop garrison
factors at this point in the opponent's turn (7.4.5.2).  Again, though, this
is not after combat, not even in the attacker's turn.  Since they
specifically state that the above example _is_ a time when the attacker can
detach factors, the rules, which do _not_ state that this can be done after
a land battle, imply that it is not allowed then.

So my opinion is that the rules imply no, but I would not object to a house
rule about this, if a majority think the dropping of factors into a city
after a land battle should be permitted (after all, the attackers would then
be "in possession" of the city, for purposes such as conquering a minor
country the city is a capital of, next turn).

-JJY
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joel Uckelman" <uckelman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "public list for an Empires in Arms game" <eia@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: [eia] battle of Turin wrap-up


> Thus spake "Kyle H":
> >     In the first round, the French side inflicts 2 casualties and 0.8
morale
> > damage.  The Lombards inflict 0.5 morale damage and 0 casualities.
> >     In the second round, the French side inflicts 6 casualties and 1.6
> > morale damage.  The Lombards inflict 0.5 morale damage and 1 casualty.
> >     In the third round, the French side inflicts 1.0 morale damage
(causing
> > the Lombards to break) and 2 casualties (one of which must be cavalry).
The
> > Lombards inflict no morale or casualty damage.
> >     Because the Lombards just barely inflicted 1.0 total morale damage
and
> > because the battle lasted 3 rounds, the pursuit class is 3.  A roll of 3
> > results in 15% of 5 which is 1 cavalry equivalent lost in pursuit.
Since
> > the Lombard corps only has 2 inf. factors remaining, the pursuit loss
must
> > be a cavalry factor.
> >     Total losses for the battle are 1 inf. factor for the French side
and 9
> > inf. and 2 cav for the Lombards.  The Lombardy corps is reduced to 2
inf./0
> > cav.
> >     If it is possible to do so, France will immediately detach 1 inf.
factor
> > as a garrison at Turin.  (Can I do this?  I thought I could, but I can't
> > find a rule supporting it.)  France gains 1 political point, Austria
loses
> > 1.  Austria still needs to roll for a leader casualty.
> >
> > kdh
>
> The rules for detaching a garrison are in 7.3.2 which deals with land
> movement. Land movement has to be done before combat starts, so I'm
> inclined to think that garrisons can't be placed after combat.
> --
> J.
>
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