Cornwallis Cannon?

[grovercarey]

Hi all,

I've looked in game documentation and here on the forums, but I can't find any reference to what the "Cornwallis Cannon" optional rule does or does not do. It's probably staring me right in the face, but I thought I'd ask anyway.

[rahamy]

Hey, it's in the General Help file under Optional Rules:

Select Cornwallis Cannon to enable the ability for cannon fire to be added to a melee. This rule is motivated by the occurrence in the Battle of Guilford Court House where Cornwallis ordered his cannon to fire on a melee between his forces and the Americans. When this rule is in effect, the fire from one cannon unit can be added to an existing melee, but the cannon must be able to fire on the defending hex and the melee is automatically resolved when the cannon fire is added. Half of the fire value of the cannon is added to the melee attack strength of both sides in the melee and therefore affects both sides.

[grovercarey]

Thank you so much! I must have looked right past it a thousand times!