Quote Originally Posted by Viking
Skirmishers with skirmish mode turned on is somewhat uncontrollable when the enemy is that near that they (the skirmishers) consider to fall back.
Turn off skirmish mode and you will avoid this problem.
The enemy wasn't that near. It was absolutely blatant - I ordered the cav to retreat around the corner and instead they charged straight in the opposite direction right into an enemy phalanx. And would not obey any orders to do otherwise. In the end I just had to bum rush the phalanx with everything available in order to save the cav.

But IMO, I think this bug occurs whether or not a unit is on skirmish mode. You tell a unit to run one way in a city and it races in the opposite direction. Haven't you ever experienced that? It's happened to me quite a bit.