Belle Alliance

Where two figures may be viewed as the centre figure, or where the unit only has a frontage of two figures, it may freely be chosen around which of these figures the change of formation will be carried out.

This figure must be stationary during the change of formation, and must also be the centre figure in the new formation. The remaining figures are placed in their new positions without any calculation of time.

This does not apply where other conditions are set out below, or in connection with the occupation or leaving of buildings, ref. 6.1.1.

A unit may perform only one change of formation during a bound, apart from units that deploy skirmish lines or have skirmish lines rejoin them, ref. 2.2.3, artillery that unlimbers or limbers, ref. 2.2.4, and gunners that deploy for work or rest, ref. 2.2.5.

A change of formation may only be carried out if there is space available on the wargames terrain for the new formation. When two or more units attempt to use the same space for a change of formation, it is decided by roll of dice, which unit will carry out the change of formation.

A unit that carries out change of formation, may only move with half the rate of march for the remaining part of the bound. This does not apply to the rate of march in forced action.

This also applies to cavalry, but here only the front or rear figures in the column of march are to quarter turn in place, whereas the placing of the remaining figures is adjusted. Likewise, it is only the left or right flanking figures in the line that are to be turned in place.

When a skirmish line rejoins a mother unit, the figures are deployed as part of the mother unit formation. The mother unit must be within 15 cm of each figure that rejoins it.

When changing from a skirmish line without rejoining a mother unit, it may be chosen freely into which formation the skirmish line will change.

Unless a skirmish line has been split from its mother unit, ref. 1.2.0, it must rejoin the mother unit when changing formation from skirmish line. However, it may occupy a building, and it is thereby split from the mother unit, ref. 1.2.2.

Immediately prior to deploying a skirmish line or immediately after having a skirmish line rejoin it, a mother unit may carry out another change of formation, as part of the deployment or rejoining.

When deploying a skirmish line or having a skirmish line rejoin it, it is both the skirmish line and the mother unit that carry out a change of formation. This also applies where the number of figures in a skirmish line is to be increased or reduced.

Immediately prior to unlimbering and immediately after limbering, artillery must carry out a change of formation between line and column of march, as part of the unlimbering or limbering.

After unlimbering, the limbers are removed from the wargames terrain. When limbering, space must be available on the wargames terrain for placing the limber, ref. 2.2.1.

Gunners that leave their model guns to deploy for work or rest, ref. 1.3.5 and 1.3.6, may deploy in the work or rest formation at the time of leaving the model guns, as long as the formation is in base contact with the battery.

Gunners that have left their model guns, must be moved back into base contact with the battery before rejoining the model guns, which is carried out by a change of formation, whereby the gunners are placed in their new positions, ref. 1.3.1.