"So they send infantry instead. Fine. Artillery greets them on the way in. When they get close enough to melee the guns, you can limber and withdraw them. If you need to buy time for this, the skirmish line can briefly step off the crest down the front slope to hold off the enemy long enough for the guns to pull out."
This sort of defense worked very well in
Wellington's Victory and I'm sure in miniatures as well. However in HPS it is a sure recipe for disaster: In HPS you always need to deploy infantry in front of your guns to protect them; not only from cavalry which you can usually see coming, but from the far more dangerous infantry in column which can move their full movement allowance and then melee. If your guns are in front they are soon done for; destroyed by waves of infantry in column which can, panzer style, blow a hole in any skirmish line and then melee and take the guns. Remember in HPS Napoleonic games, every army is a cavalry army: There are units that are nominally infantry but they may function as cavalry and in fact are actually much more dangerous than cavalry, as they can move and assault on the same turn, and when they are A rated
Garde your guns are done for. jonny :hissy:
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