[WarInEur] Combat results oddity

[Kent & Sue Haunschild]

On combat results of 1/2ex, Ex, or De if either unit is eliminated it can flip and retreat.  If the Result is a Dr or Br the defender can choose to flip and hold the hex and the attacker can choose to flip and advance on a Br. However, if the result is a Ae or Aex the battlegroups cannot retreat.  Seems kind of odd.

[11.32] At the moment that a unit is reduced to its Battlegroup, the Battlegroup has the option to retreat one hex. In some cases, this will save the unit from being Overrun in the Enemy Mechanized Movement Phase.


[12.63] Whenever a Kampfgruppe or a Battlegroup is formed as a result of combat, that unit has the option to retreat one hex. This retreat must be made immediately during the Combat Phase, before any other combat is resolved.



Here are two rules from the DG living rules.  Why don't they apply to Ae or Aex results.  Also how come there is no Ar.  It seems to me that it is more likely that a attacker will retreat rather than suffer elimination.

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