AMERICA: The key to victory against Native American armies

[Marquis of Roland]

WTF?!? I thought the key to victory was autocalc!

Well, your army is a far cry from the one I used in America. Hell, I didn't even have a single piece of artillery until all the Hurons were dead. Half of my army was militia or natives. Had Hessians instead of British Line, rangers (with no skirmishing ability) instead of rifles, native cav instead of light dragoons. Bayonets? Bah! I use my gun as a sophisticated club! There were meat grinder battles all around, but it was fast expansion. Loony has it right, send in the natives and keep firing

In regard to your formation, switch indirect artillery with the line infantry behind it. Because:

1) Arty will get shot up if they're close to the front line when musket volleys are coming in, even if they're behind a line of infantry. Stray bullets and such most of the time, but light infantry can pick them off while they're behind another unit.

2) You will have in effect a mass infantry column in the middle that can smash through a 3 rank line.

You might also want to stack some light infantry on top of your direct fire artillery. IMO the grenadiers can take the 2 spots where you have the rifles units facing left and right. Rifles aren't going to stop a full-size infantry unit, but grenades can. I've seen up to 40-50% of a unit wiped out by a single (and well thrown) grenade volley.

I notice there's no units on the flanks that can form square.....