Retreat to block other retreat, even if your retreat is...

[Misliplavo]

So, retreat to block a retreat, even if your retreat is illegal by itself.

Here is the game, currently in the retreat phase.
Fall 1905, Retreat - game number: 182794
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Situation:
- Italian Tunis attacked Western Mediterranean
- French West med with support from NA dislodged Tunis

- French GoL attacked Tyrrhenian Sea
- Italian Tyrh sea with support from Tuscany dislodged GoL

The questions:
1. Can France retreat from GoL to Western Mediterranean, since Tunisia attacked that location. The same for Tunisia's retreat to Tyrh.
2. In case the answer above is YES, what would happen if both Tunisia and GoL retreat to Western Mediterranean (having in mind that Tunisia alone cannot retreat there since the attack was coming from that spot)

[Caladrius]

Hi Misliplavo

Question 1

GoL can retreat to WMS and Tunis to Tyrrhenian as neither unit was attacked from the space it would be retreating to.

A dislodged unit has no effect on the space that dislodged it so does not prevent another unit moving or retreating there even though it tried to move there itself.

Question 2

GoL would therefore successfully retreat to WMS.

Tunis retreating to WMS is as you say illegal since it was attacked from that space and so cannot block GoL from doing so - indeed if Italy made that (illegal) order the unit would be destroyed.

Hope that helps.

[David E. Cohen]

As a general answer to your other question, if two units are legally ordered to retreat to the same province, both are disbanded.

[Misliplavo]

All clear.
Thank you both, and much appreciated