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In earlier versions of this game I am fairly sure that an attacker moving in defensive posture over a river could avoid being attacked by a defender if the defender was also in defensive posture. This would allow the attacker to avoid the nasty penalties involved in attacking over a river - which seems somewhat gamey if this is still the case.

Is this still correct or does the attacker now have the posture auto set to offensive when moving over the river ? If this is not the case then does the defender always have to be in offensive posture to defend a river line ? If this is so then surely the defender will lose the benefits of any entrenchments ?

I have looked through the manual regarding this Q and can find no specific references to attacks over a river other than the defender receives a level of bonus depending on the size of the river.

Hi
The river thing does not matter in this.
Is the military control of the region.
If the defender has 95 % or more military control of the region the attacker will be forced to change to offensive posture. Even if inactive. in this case the attacker will receive heavy penalties (35% think).
Now if both sides share a region and both have enough military control (more than 5%), two stacks in defensive stance can share the region without fighting.
Cheers!

Thanks for the answer.

Does this mean that a battle like Fredericksburg 1862 cannot take place in the game unless the rebels have 95%+ control of the region behind the river ? This seems strange as the ability to block the practical crossing points with entrenchments etc does not have anything to do with the level of support in the region.

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asdicus wrote:Thanks for the answer.

Does this mean that a battle like Fredericksburg 1862 cannot take place in the game unless the rebels have 95%+ control of the region behind the river ? This seems strange as the ability to block the practical crossing points with entrenchments etc does not have anything to do with the level of support in the region.

Hi

Don't mistake military control with loyalty (population support). The important thing here is military control.
The historic Frederiksburg battle on game would be a case of CSA 100% military control of the region. So the USA would be forced to attack.
Regards