Post-battle consequences

Half of all casualties (rounded down) return right after the battle. Cannon abandoned or overrun become the victor's, half usable from the next map turn. A battle lasts until one side concedes; the loser gets one free retreat march and gives half its returnees as prisoners. If neither concedes after at least 24 turns before nightfall, both are treated as losers.

If neither side concedes defeat, and a minimum of 24 turns have gone b/, then night falls, both sides consider they are the losers, and take a free march away.

Stand difference 0-6 indecisive (both back 1 hex), 7-12 marginal, 13+ decisive, with the loser rolling on the forced march table for 2 or 3 hex effects and retreating 3 or 6 hexes toward its base or line of communication. After a battle both sides recover half their losses (odd halves rounded by die roll).

After a battle, both players get back one-half of their losses after rolling for each brigade on the forced march effects table.

Squadrons routed off an enemy edge or onto a hostile beach are lost. Those leaving by a friendly edge are saved. Those leaving by a neutral edge roll 7+ on 2d6 per remaining stand to survive the voyage home. This shows whether the loser still has a fleet.

Squadrons which routed out of a neutral table edge must roll a 7+ on 2d6 for each remaining stand to survive the long voyage home.