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ajarnlance
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Cavalry scouts...

Sun Dec 06, 2015 7:58 pm

I'm planning to use light cavalry as my eyes out in front of my main force. However, (as France) my light cavalry units all contain horse artillery which can not be split off. Am I correct in assuming that the unit will use the speed/ evasion/ detection of the slowest unit ie the artillery. If this is so then how can I use my light cavalry as fast scouts with their high evasion values??
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Mon Dec 07, 2015 8:12 am

Your Chasseurs brigades have no light artillery in them. Use those.
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Mon Dec 07, 2015 10:42 am

PhilThib wrote:Your Chasseurs brigades have no light artillery in them. Use those.


Ah! Thanks Philippe. Yes, I just noticed those... now I can replicate Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The adventures of Gerard"... good use of light cavalry was crucial before the invention of radar and telephones ;d
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Mon Dec 07, 2015 10:47 am

Those little two element chasseur and Hussar brigades are the first thing I have built.
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Mon Dec 07, 2015 2:39 pm

TC271 wrote:Those little two element chasseur and Hussar brigades are the first thing I have built.


Yes, they are very useful. Only one chasseur unit starts the game without artillery... the others are already shackled to artillery which defeats their purpose as fast scouts.
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