| 4.2.0 Forced back | A unit in FD will be forced back when an opponent in closed formation, that is not FD, reaches the point of melee zone contact without having announced an attack specifically against the unit in FD. The same applies to skirmish lines, that are not FD, and skirmish lines will be forced back also by opponents in FD. However, a skirmish line in cover may chose not to let itself be forced back, ref. 4.1.3. A unit being forced back is pushed at the point of melee zone contact in front of the opponent, but is not attacked by that unit. The unit being forced back may pass through own units, ref. 2.3.4. The unit being forced back will use the same rate of march as the opponent, and any reduction for the passage of terrain is calculated for the figures of both units, ref. 2.3.1. However, the unit being forced back may not pass terrain that it could not pass otherwise. If the opponent has announced an attack against another target than the unit being forced back, and the movement of the unit being forced back is blocked, the attacker must attack the unit that was being forced back or stop at the point of melee zone contact, ref. 4.1.2. A skirmish line that is pressed back towards its soutien, may be placed without regard to the point of melee zone contact, ref. 4.1.1, within the melee zone between the soutien and the opponent. |
