If I'm seiging a city I will likely use one less line inf. I set them into this formation, but again, this is only typical and remains flexible. Of course, this isn't set in stone and may change according to the mission I wish to accomplish and the army I'm facing, but it is effective in almost any situation. The calvary is deployed in the rear facing the flanks and are used to respond according to the situation. will set up stakes in a "v" pattern, facing the rear and flanks with the point of the "v" rearmost. The artillery is positioned in the center with the howitzers behind the 24 lbers. These regiments are grouped for ease of manoever.
Usually they will rush a flank and start tossing grenades, or cover the flanks if the enemy cavalry try to rush my artillery. (set to skirmish) in front and one grenadier in the rear used to respond to the situation as needed. I'll arrange the army into 2 regiments consisting of 3 line inf. Secondly, because of the need for positioning to make it effective (forward slope, open sight lines, check for every little unevenness etc.) also makes it very vulnerable. Firstly, because of the number of times I have seen it slew to fire on an enemy-already being engaged-and fire directly through my own infantry. I am anti-direct-fire artillery for two reasons. Indirect fire is annoyingly poor most of the time-I have seen fifteen minutes of counter-battery fire cause no more than 2-3 casualties-but generally it hurts the enemy enough that in the following slamming match between infantry units is an easy win.
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The horse artillery moves to protect either flank depending on the threats and later to help crack any buildings the enemy may have garrisoned. The cavalry are to ward off flankers and disrupt enemy infantry movements by moving threateningly close-but never actually engaging unless they can charge a flank/rear. The cazadores spike up vulnerable points to the front then take forward flanking positions to help the infantry with a cross-fire. I put the artillery on a reverse slope, with the infantry in front (hopefully with walls/fences, at worse still on the reverse slope) and the cavalry to the wings. I'm a big fan of indirect artillery and a defensive stance so I go for this kind of set-up:Ĥ cavalry (generally 2 regular and 2 heavy)ģ cazadores or similar (125 range rather than 90)