JKM wrote:If someone can enlighten me...
I recall reading that having cavalry present can aid in the subsequent pursuit and destruction of a defeated enemy. is there any rule of thumb that people use to work out a ratio of cav.? does the cav need to be in a seperate cavalry div or will the integral cavalry components of brigades do the job just fine?
and..leading from that, does having a strong cav. prescence help in breaking off battle and getting away without being battered when the boot is on the other foot ?
Just geting my head around the screener capacity, and intell gathering aspect of cavalry and cavalry leaders, and knowing about how they function in battle would another aspect to factor in.
The more cavalry the better
There are typically 2 phases for the use of cavalry In my opinion : before you can form cavalry corps and after.
Before, the bulk of my cavalry is in independant divisions, raiding line of supplies and chasing raiders, but occasionally join my main forces by joining my army stacks (not corps, except when badly outnumbered !).
After, cavalry play quite the same role, but stay one region behind my main forces, when not giving headaches to the ennemy.
The idea beneath this is to use cavalry in a "napoleonic" way, avoiding at all costs for it to be targeted by artillery, or worse, supporting the bulk of a battle, courtesy of being the first to engage

, but rather arrive late in battle, just in time to (hopefully :mdr

complete ennemy rout, and pursue the routers
In one word, ensuring that they are there right at the moment i need them, beccause cavalry contractually ought to behave in a good ol' western movie way
