I did a little better in this attempt. I had my skirmishers out in front and then pulled them behind the HI. The HI were facing the enemy in line and held for about 1 and 1/2 turns. They were then routed.
I did find out that you can first issue individual commands to units and then issue a group command to the rest and each will do as commanded. Once you check the group command box, the rest of the un commanded units will only use the group command. Hope that made sense!
Anyway, the battle was a least a draw. Usually the crows are just feasting on my troops and the barbarians are taking the spoils of the battle.
I realize that we are mostly talking about Gallic Wars. Am I correct to assume that Punic Wars is the same. Did Alexander show any improvements?