| 5.3.1 Retreat | When a unit in brought into MD, it must retreat. This movement is carried out, without any calculation of time, as an full bound of march at the normal rate of march, following which the unit is stationary for the remaining part of the bound apart from forced action. This applies irrespective of previous action during the bound. The movement is conducted along a straight line that is to be placed within 45 degrees of a line drawn between the centre of the cause of disorder and the centre of the unit in MD, ref. 3.1.5 and 4.1.5. The movement is performed as a parallel shift of the unit relative to its original position. Account is taken of terrain that reduces the rate of march. For units that are brought into MD by an ordering roll or by spread of rout, ref. 1.1.3 and 5.4.2, the direction of retreat may be chosen freely. At the end of the movement, the unit is turned without any calculation of time, so as to have its front opposite to the direction of retreat. If during the movement, including the final turning, the unit encounters a obstacle that cannot be passed, including base contact with a unit that cannot be passed through or forced back, ref. 2.3.4 and 4.2.0, the unit in retreat will be brought into FD, with possible spread of rout, ref. 5.4.0. Both unlimbered and limbered artillery will retreat together with its model guns. A unit in MD may only move with half its rate of march, apart from forced action. |
| 5.3.2 Reorganisation | MD lasts the remaining part of the bound, in which a unit is brought into MD, and until the unit has carried out reorganisation in a subsequent bound. A unit in MD may not carry out firing or attack, ref. 3.1.1 and 4.1.1. In order to reorganise from MD, a unit must be stationary during an entire bound, and may not carry out any other activity, including participation in melee or being passed through. It will not interrupt reorganisation that a unit is fired at, unless the unit as a result is brought into MD or FD. A unit that reorganises from MD, is brought into LD at the end of the bound, so that reorganisation from LD may be conducted during the following bound, ref. 5.2.2. |
