Thanks for that Caius but the "spear unit" was MY OWN Phlanax and I was charging through.

So do you think that my General was killed by the spears or the volley of arrows. Note there was NO ememy units there so he did die from "friendly fire" or "friendly sticky pointy thingees"?

Obviously if it is dangerous for horses to run through the rear of friendly spear units it will cease to be a tactic of mine when playing RTW. I just wanted to know and bring it to the attention of other players.

"Please people - let my stupidity be an example to you all"