Truly weird battle

[marechalCAMBRONNE]

FIW: april 17th 1756, pbem

The Frenchs and the English are slugging around Fort Carillon and Fort William Henry. We sent our 2 armies attacking the other at the same time: Lévis and his 5200 men vs Loudoun 5700.

What we don't understand is the result: my frenchs were a little bit faster so the battle went on in William Henry and I inflicted 16 hits against 7 and the british simply turned tail and ran. They were organised and fully supplied. Their retreat is just unexplanable...[ATTACH]28388[/ATTACH]

A little help here?

[Durk]

Who was leading British at Ft William? Also, what were your respective National Morale and attack/defense postures. Forgive me for asking as I am not in a position to open your attachment at the moment.

[marechalCAMBRONNE]

Lévis against Abercromby. both offensive posture. I had a 10 point advantage in NM I think

[Durk]

Thank you for the details. I think Lévis versus Ambercromby explains most of the result. Ambercromby has no positive qualities. You had a huge leadership/attack versus defense and National Morale advantage. Until the later British leaders, such as Wolfe, arrive, the British must count their losses.

If your game is still current, you might try this as an experiment. Put Ambercromby on hold at all costs, blue/red, without moving and see the results.

This result is very normal. If you wish to discuss a bit more as to why this is true, please expand your discussion.

[MajorMayhem]

I'm marechalCAMBRONNE's opponent.

I take it I can attribute the result to Levis scaring Abercromby with his good stats to the point that he decided to run back to New York?

[Durk]

Absolutely - Abercomby has some nice clothes named after him, and maybe a school and such, but in game terms, he just hates to fight. As the British, I sometimes take the penalty for having no leaders rather than using the very unsatisfactory leaders in the early; game.