Confused about supply in sieged cities

[Taijian]

I have a question about supply. I use 1.03a and play as Prussia against Athena.

I have caught the Austrian Army of Bohemia in Prague and am now sieging said Army in the city. For a whole year. Shouldn't a sieged army start to starve at some point? Or a I missing something? Is the supply production in a sieged city large enough to sustain a pwr ~4500 army?

[Baris]

It shouldn't take that long. Do you have bateaux blocking the port? Do they repair the breach if you have insufficient force?

[lodilefty]

The siege rules are being overhauled, and wil be significantly differnt in next update.

There were some inconsistencies in older versions....

AFAIK, bateaux will not blockade a port, so there is quite a lot of supply going into the bbesieged city via the port....

[Taijian]

Thank you for your replies!

1. I did not blockade the port - I never had enough bateaux to try. However, I did make sure that I controlled both banks of the Elbe as far as it is navigable - thus, there really should not have been the possibility of supply getting there by boat...

2. Re new patch - is there a tentative ETA? I might be starting a new PBEM in a couple of weeks...