Did you ever have a Legion drown?

[dutch81]

Well I have ... and all because of a little band of rebels. Here is what happened a small group of rebels spawned where they always do just to the east of Atrium, I happened to have a legion regrouping there so I thought great and moved them to engage ... they were deployed just south of a lake, north east of the rebels. I also had a mobile reserve stationed in Rome that I brought to bear they engaged from the south ... this pushed the rebels to the north. So now the battle started for real with my cavalry army to the south ... and my legion, still by the lake now south east of the rebels. My cavalry army was the primary assault force so the legion came up as my reinforcements.

HOWEVER, the AI deployed my reinforcements IN the lake ... and as they entered the battle each unit proceeded to drown. An entire legion dead!



Now I think this is not without historical precedence ... I believe in WWII a Soviet Division was sunk as it crossed a frozen lake and was engaged by Finnish Artillery that caused the ice to crack and so many died in a similiar fashion. But, as far as RTW is concerned this was a first for me.



PS ... I have (had) only two legions ... so half of Rome's might just went to the bottom of this lake.