1756 campaign, playing Austria vs. AI, now in mid-57.
One thing I'm seeing repeatedly and am somewhat disturbed by - armies either do not retreat from a region after losing a battle, or else they retreat in the wrong direction toward another enemy force. The result is repeated battles, often a series in the same turn between the same forces, with extraordinary casualties rates.
In any given battle the casualties seem about right, but the effect of three or four or five battles in the same turn can be devastating. For example, a force of about 20K under Henry of Prussia just fought five or six separate battles with various Austrians, bouncing back and forth between Korneburg and Wien. In each engagement the casualties were no more than about 10%, but the cumulative effect of this turn was about 50% casualties for both sides.
Shouldn't a force which has lost a battle retreat away from the enemy rather than back into the arms of a second enemy force? Maybe this is WAD, but it seems to produce some very odd results.