| | Belle Alliance| 1.3.0 Formations | | 1.3.1 Closed formations | Closed formations comprise line, column, square, battalion mass and huddle. Column comprises column of attack and column of march. Units in other formations, including skirmish line, work, and rest, and units in FD, do not constitute closed formations, ref. 1.3.2, 1.3.5, 1.3.6, and 5.4.1. Apart from skirmish lines, all formations are deployed with the figures in base contact. For artillery the model guns, and the limbers when limbered, are placed in base contact, while the gunners are placed on the base of each model gun. Line is deployed by infantry and cavalry with the figures in 2 ranks. For unlimbered artillery, line is deployed with the model guns in 1 rank. Limbered artillery may deploy in line only during unlimbering and limbering, ref. 2.2.4. Column of attack is deployed by infantry and cavalry with at least 4 figures frontage and at least 4 ranks. Column of march is deployed by infantry and cavalry with 2 figures frontage and for limbered artillery with 1 model gun frontage. Square is deployed by infantry as a hollow square formation with the figures in 2 ranks facing outward. A square has frontage in all directions. Battalion mass is deployed by infantry as a column of attack with the outer figures facing outward. A battalion mass has frontage in the direction of the column of attack. Huddle is deployed by infantry as a round solid formation with all figures facing outward. A huddle has frontage in all directions and is considered as infantry in general when attacked by cavalry, ref. table 8. Units in square, battalion mass, and huddle are considered as not having any flank or rear. Units in huddle may not carry out attacks. Even though a unit has fewer figures than indicated in this section for deploying a formation, the unit may deploy in that formation. The opponent must be made aware of the deployment. | | 1.3.2 Skirmish lines | Skirmish lines are deployed for infantry and cavalry with the figures in 1 rank, with an interval between the figures that is between base width and double base width, with due consideration of figures based together. A skirmish line is considered as not having any flank. Adjustment of the interval between figures in a skirmish line may be carried out either as a change of formation, ref. 2.2.3, or through movement in the movement phase when the number of figures in the skirmish line is unchanged. Light units may deploy all their figures in skirmish line, ref. table 2.. Other units may deploy up to one third of their figures in skirmish line. A unit may deploy only one skirmish line. | | 1.3.3 Soutien | A soutien is a unit that under certain conditions secures a skirmish line, ref. 3.3.0 and 4.3.0. A unit may be soutien for only one skirmish line, and a skirmish line may have only one soutien. A skirmish line is not required to have a soutien. In order to be a soutien, a unit must be in closed formation and have at least half as many figures as the skirmish line. As long as it complies with the requirements, the mother unit of a skirmish line, ref. 1.1.2, will be the soutien of the skirmish line, unless another unit has orders to be the soutien of the skirmish line, or the mother unit has orders to be the soutien of a skirmish line from another unit. | | 1.3.4 Gunners | Gunners that leave their model guns, ref. 2.2.5, are deployed as infantry but may not fire or carry out attacks on their own. In case the gunners have sought refuge at an infantry unit, they are deployed as part of that unit, ref. 4.5.0. | | 1.3.5 Units at work | Units at work are deployed in work formation around the field work with all figures facing towards the field work. Gunners must leave their model guns when deploying for work, ref. 2.2.5. Units in work formation may not attack, fire or move. However, change of formation and forced action may be carried out. The formation has frontage to all sides and is considered as not having any flank or rear. When fired at it is otherwise considered as a line. During forced action, the rate of march is calculated as for a line, ref. 2.3.1. Units at work in a building do not leave the building during the field work. They are instead deployed inside the building, facing towards the centre of the building. | | 1.3.6 Units at rest | Units at rest are deployed in rest formation, which is a round and solid formation with all the figures facing inward. Units in rest formation may not attack, fire or move. However, change of formation and forced action may be carried out. The formation has frontage to all side and is considered as not having any flank or rear. When fired at it is otherwise considered as a line. During forced action, the rate of march is calculated as for a line, ref. 2.3.1. | | 1.3.7 Incorrect formations | When one or more figures in a unit are found to have been positioned incorrectly within a formation, the unit immediately becomes LD. When the incorrect position is found between two bounds, the LD will apply from the beginning of the subsequent bound. When a skirmish line in which the figures are positioned incorrectly, has one or more figures within 15 cm of its soutien, the soutien will also immediately become LD. The same applies to a skirmish line, when the figures of its soutien are positioned incorrectly. When requested by the opponent, the position of the figures of a unit in an incorrect formation is adjusted immediately and without any calculation of time. In other cases, the adjustment is carried out at the end of the bound without any calculation of time, unless the unit during the bound has been brought into a correct formation by means of a change of formation, or for skirmish lines by means of a movement adjusting the interval between the figures, ref. 1.3.2 and 2.2.0. Even though the figures of a unit are positioned incorrectly, the unit is deemed to be in the formation that the position of the figures was meant to represent. | Contents
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