navy question

General
#1

Hi all,

I don’t have alot of navy experience and have a question:

I have a navy at a hills hex with an enemy PC/fortification/port. Also present is an enemy army and an enemy navy.

Are there any orders that allow my navy in this case to trigger battle with the enemy navy only? Or do I need to also fight the enemy army? [I think I can beat the army also … but am wondering about my options].

Thanks for any help!

John

#2

Check the rulebook, section G-4. An army cannot attack your navy unless you get off the boats, either by an anchor order or by an attack army order. So if you fight his navy, all they can do is watch.

#3

This is how I read it. If the defending army and navy are the same nation the AttEnmy or AttNat orders will cause your naval troops to disembark and fight both. If the navy and the army are different nations and the navy is considered “offshore” then you should be able to AttNat and ignore the land army. Anyone have more info?

#4

Yeah, if the forces are different nations, then you can attack the navy without becoming an army. If they’re the same… I’m honestly not sure. If you issue an attack order, it says you anchor and become an army to attack the army. But if his navy doesnt… do you attack just the army, or does the order engage them both?

I think for science you need to contact the enemy player and conduct an experiment. =P

#5

If you simply attack, the naval combat will run it’s course, and then your survivors will disembark and attack the army that is sitting there. Pretty simplistic, frankly.

#6

Hi all,

Thanks for the responses. It seems like if I initiate combat using AttEnmy I will fight the navy first and then the army if my navy survives. If the army and navy are different nations I could select the navy using an AttNat order.

Thanks,

John

#7

Others have answered your query correctly, but to be clear, your troops will definitely go on to disembark and attack the enemy army if your fleet wins the naval battle, assuming the enemy army & fleet are of the same nation, or if you order AttEnmy instead of AttNat.

#8

Thanks for the help and explanation, ya’ll!