Withdraw from battle?

[Jagger]

Quick bump on this one...

Anyone know how to hotkey a withdrawal on the battlefield?

[Barkhorn1x]

Quick bump on this one...

Anyone know how to hotkey a withdrawal on the battlefield?

Hotkey? Not off the top of my head - but it should be listed on the back cover of the manual. You can also hit the "white flag" button the appears on the right side of the screen when you select a unit.

Regarding groups - do you use the formations sub-menu that you access after you group (just press the Eagle button). To form a single line you must first group - and then go to that menu and hit the single line button. This gives a nice line that you can then position as needed.

Barkhorn.

[Colovion]

I haven't had any luck yet with Withdrawing. I fought a seige and lost 600/1000 men and thought I'd withdraw and wait for reinforcements - somehow all of those units (including a family member) died after I withdrew from the battle....strange....

[Tamur]

Yes, withdrawing seems to have different conditions placed on it than in MTW. According to the manual, hitting the white flag icon will cause a unit to go to an out-of-bounds position, no mention of the 'W' key that (I think?) is in the Game Controls screen.

I've also had weird results from withdrawals... lost units, units trying to withdraw straight through the enemy lines.

[Bob the Insane]

I read somewhere about armies being disbanded if they suffer too many casulties, could this be the cause??