by J Flower Mon Feb 04, 2013 1:11 pm
I fully understand the need for speed that some players/positions have. I think the trap maybe when all your forces are so deployed, it makes you vunerable if you do come up against a combined arms force. Of course there is then also the question of the determination levels if they are set high your forces will seek to engage despite everything, however if they are ordered to act otherwise when they encounter major oppisition then they may save themselves from destruction.
Jason, it sounds as if your Artillery was moving around without enough escort, That was what I ment, if it was following the main battle then it would have had a degree of protection from that.
Artillery can be divded into various catagories depending on usage & weight. There are the light pieces that accompany the Infantry, the Field artillery, Then Seige/Coastal. Gallopers can be a little deceptive, the main mobility lies not in the weihgt of the pieces, I think the initial units raised by Prussia were 12pdr, the main development is that the crew are also mounted, thereby gaining in mobility.
A seige trayne would usually follow along behind the army, I guess by hte time you have surrounded the town, begun to dig the entrenchments, enough time would have elapsed for the seige guns to catch up.