Hi
During a recent club game, a file with a general in combat received a wound, thus needing a base removal. The tug concerned was fighting two other separate tugs. The general's file could not be removed as it was the only one in contact with one tug (A), so couldn't lose contact with that tug in combat. There were no other files not in contact to remove so we took off one from contact with the other tug (B). which didn't break the contact with B. The general's file should have been removed, meaning a test on the general, but we removed a different file to preserve contact with the two tugs A and B. We did a KAB on the general due to base 'loss'.
I'm hoping his was the correct procedure for this circumstance?
Yes, this is the correct procedure. You have killed a base in the file in which the general is fighting, even though a base is removed from another file.
Richard