Understand the "numbering" issue, Mr. Garnier. We spoke about that before.We won't lose regiments permanently unless there's a way to get new regiments, and I don't have a plan for that. Since our campaign doesn't have an end, if we lost regiments and got new ones, the regiment numbers would keep going up.
I know prisoners usually weren't exchanged, but the reason you don't lose the entire regiment is as I said, to represent those who weren't captured, and because troops who were in the regiment but not at the battle shouldn't get captured. Almost all of those actually captured, you never get back. So the regiment's experience will go down if these troops are replaced.
Interesting concept regarding those not in the battle, Mr. Garnier. True, some may have been home of leave, in the hospital, on "French furlough", foraging, etc., but how does one determine the numbers who were not present at the "fight"? I would suspect it would have been a very low percentage, but have no real idea.
J
