Position

The position defense comes natural to all playing in games. Form a line between you, the enemy and the objective, and stay there. One would say: any fool can do this. For those who still need to know what it is I will explain it briefly.

When an enemy advances set two squads in defensive positions and let a third squad form the back up. If one of the line squads is attacked, move your third squad forward to assist, if necessary dividing your troops to relieve the strain on the line defence.

The advantages of such a defence are simple:-Especially in narrow passes an enemy can be held up indefinitely, as he cannot throw his entire army into the offense-In most maps the natural features will be expecting such a defense: natural features will therefore always be favourable to this defence.

The disadvantages will also be clear to the reader:- An enemy might choose, if the area is suitable, to simply circumvent your defense.

-In large maps your line of defense can be really thin. To illustrate: try to defend a mile-wide postion with five persons.-If the enemy breaks through in the base the outer wings of your flank troops will not be able to do much about it.

I will not mention any specific battles here, as this is the most natural and classic form of defense there is: most battles had elements of this in it. World War I can serve as an example of a war fought from position defenses.