avoiding battle

[kirk1227]

I am playing as the Union player another human opponent in the Advanced July 1861 game with all quick combat. It is now March 1862. I have naval units on the Ohio River and an Army in Bowling Green that I have attempted to move against Ft. Henry three times now. The problem is that he moves a very small force from Lexinton into Bowling Green and apparently that is enough to keep my entire army stuck in Bowling Green. I tried using the avoid battle option lat time but that didnt do anything. I guess Im wondering if, from what I have described, there is someone out there that can explainn to me what is going on and how I might be able to rectify the situation? kirk

[kirk1227]

Not that Bowling Green isnt nice, my men would just like to visit other parts of the South:). Spec. the Lower Tenn. River. kirk

[ericbabe]

Once you defeat the small force you should be able to move out.

[kirk1227]

Ive defeated them 3 times. Let me rephrase the question. I have an army in Bowling Green. Thats the only force in the Bowling Green Province. Its now my turn. If I move this army into the lower Tenn. Riv. Prov. can my opp. prevent my move by moving one of his military groups into Bowling Green on his half of the turn from, say the lexington province? If I move one force towards Lextington and one towards Lower Tenn. Prov., could that prevent him from keeping me stuck in Bowling Green and not moving towards Ft. Henry as I am wanting too? Thanks for any help you can give me and thanks you fro the quick response Eric. Im sure its something very simple Im not getting here, but at the same time I dont want to keep making the same mistake over and over. kirk

[Gil R.]

So when you say you have an "army," you actually mean an army container, within which there are 2+ divisions, and therefore you can try to use one to hold back an enemy force coming from Lexington? That would seem to make sense. Last turn when you tried avoid battle you might just have gotten unlucky: if you're set to avoid battle but the enemy wishes for battle, there's a 50% chance a battle will happen. So trying it again might achieve different results, but if you try detaching part of your force to deal with the enemy that might do the trick. It's also possible that the enemy's general has better initiative than yours, and that played a role. (In fact, this early in the war the odds are very strong that you're facing a superior general.) So, perhaps put a high-initiative general in command of the force that is seeking battle with the enemy, and set the rest of your force to avoid battle and send it up against Ft. Henry. Good luck!

[kirk1227]

Thanks Gill, that does help tremendously. Actually, the foce I have assembled for the assault on Henry is an army container with 2 corps containers. Within them I have 3 div. containers and within them 3-5 brig., plus an artillery battalion along with 5 gunboats. I have 2 corps commanders(Grant being one of them) along with a few other comm. Unfort. I do have Fremont in charge of the Army. Prob. not the best comander:) Anyhow, I will try and make use of your good advice. Thanks again kirk

[Gil R.]

Sure. Remember, you can't start siege until the turn after you get somewhere, so you do no harm in sending one force to Lexington and another to Ft. Henry, where the next turn it can begin the siege and be joined by the others. (Heck, you could even send your smallest division to Ft. Henry to begin the siege, leaving the bulk of your force to mess with the enemy.

Let us know how it turns out.

(I wonder if your opponent has used this extra time to fortify Ft. Henry, or send extra troops there.)

[morganbj]

ORIGINAL: kirk1227

I do have Fremont in charge of the Army.

Well, there's your poblem. Fremont's planning his next trip to the mountains in Colorado, and Grant is drunk. Maybe you should just surrender, yank.
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[Conny D]

ORIGINAL: bjmorgan

ORIGINAL: kirk1227

I do have Fremont in charge of the Army.

Well, there's your poblem. Fremont's planning his next trip to the mountains in Colorado, and Grant is drunk. Maybe you should just surrender, yank.
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LMAO like crazy BJ your comment is hilarious i'll undersign it anytime