Hello,

Picture attached is of a situation I would like clarification :

• TUG A charged the flank of a cavalry unit (which can be seen on the right of it, but is not relevant to the question) and failed to break it in melee
• Next turn, TUG B charged the flank of TUG A, meaning bases B1 and B2 are in contact with base A1

Question is : May file C1 shoot at base A2 (because A2 is in file of base A3 and unengaged) or may it not (because the flank charge of TUG B means that A1 and A2 would now be a fighting file, in which case C1, being closer to A1 than A2, would be required to shoot at A1) ?

Best,
Antoine

Is C1 a supporting file for B1?

Not my game (I was neighbour to it) but I would say no.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if it were, it would not be allowed to shoot anyway, right ?

Supporting files cannot shoot.

Butthe shooter was not a supporting file and both corners could see the targeted A2 base which was not engaged nor supporting

So is it allowed to shoot ?

Yup, it is not a supporting file as there is nothing directly ahead of the file which is when the nearest clause applies and the shooter is behind the flank/rear so A2 qualifies as the nearest base of the target file.