In that case, I advance my infantry into a covered position, roll up lots of artillery to close rage and pound on the enemy until they are about tho break, and then I charge one unit, with as many units as possible in support (3 or 4). Toward the end of the campaign there are a few battles where attacking entrenchments is unavoidable (Muleshoe/ Richmond). The CSA game is very different, but melee is costly as the north.ДЇor almost every position, there is a way to outflank the enemy position without charging units in cover from an uncovered position, and I avoid entrenchments in every battle until the end of the campaign. Playing the Union (on BG difficulty), I almost never get into melee.

This works well at the Muleshoe at Petersburg at cold harbor, south mountain (flanking the left of the confederates) and anywhere else you need to pierce a seemingly impenetrable line. At this time you move forward your breaching brigades away from the edge of the map, creating a corridor for all your following corps to flow in behind the line of fortifications. the entrenchment.ДЄ single defending brigade won't hold up long against this flanking maneuver and will withdraw. You'll basically want to select-drag a line that's along the edge of the screen and perpendicular to the entrenched line - forming an enfillading 'T' formation vs. In the meantime, you set your brigades to march fast. You then send the next lines of skirmishes in rapid succession towards the single entrenched brigade you're facing. You then proceed to send the opposite skirmishes (furthest from the screen) to attack.

All brigades should have skirmishers deployed. You set up your lead brigades in an echelon the brigade closest to the edge of the screen should be closest to the fortification. You have a lead division, and your other corps divisions will be stacked behind. I use a division setup with 4-5 infantry brigades + 1 artillery brigade. It works by exploiting the space between the edge of the fortified area and the end of the screen. So I hate to share this but I discovered something of a 'cheese' method of breaching fortifications.

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