Siege Vs attack

[goodwood]

When trying to take larger cities, what preference do people have, sieging or all out attack? Playing the april 61 scenario as the USA, it took me for ever with 3 corps and an army to take Fredicksburg in the attacking mode.

[Hobbes]

From my BoA experience cities were not too bad to assault but it depends obviously on how many units are in the city and how entrenched they are.
Just a matter of experience and getting burned once or twice.

Forts are much tougher though and I would only attack if time is short and then expect high losses.

Cheers, Chris

[Stonewall]

Unless you have a massive force and the besieged town is lightly defended, stock up with some supply wagons and ride the siege out. You can take sopme disastrous losses in a failed assault.

As soon as you breach the structure, you start inflicting lots of hits on besieged forces. If you have time, sieging is the safe way to go.

[Jacek]

Isn't artillery infilcting hits on besieged forces even if you dont make a breach? Every turn your arty should shell them a bit.. or am I wrong?