some siege rules questions

[Aldhick]

That makes sense. Thanx.

[Aquahog]

Well, considering that the defenders are going to be quite immobile I don't imagine it would be hard to set up a column charge in any case.

[cjbennett22]

back to my original question 

1 stand up on the wall as can fit in between 2 defenders, 2 stands down below waiting to climb the ladders.  opponents turn, the 2 flanking lines of infantry that didn't cover the wall entirely uses initiative to attack both sides of the men that snuck on.  The 1 stand loses but with no casualties, do they go back down their ladder?  Or do they go left or right, their choice and in doing so, lose the stand on the wall as a retreat would bring it into contact with an enemy stand?

[Aldhick]

back to my original question 

1 stand up on the wall as can fit in between 2 defenders, 2 stands down below waiting to climb the ladders.  opponents turn, the 2 flanking lines of infantry that didn't cover the wall entirely uses initiative to attack both sides of the men that snuck on.  The 1 stand loses but with no casualties, do they go back down their ladder?  Or do they go left or right, their choice and in doing so, lose the stand on the wall as a retreat would bring it into contact with an enemy stand?

The rules only state, that the attacker's unit defeated on ramparts is automatically destroyed as it has nowhere to retreat. In this situation I'd apply it on the stands (same as in normal combat). So the stand already on the ramparts is destroyed and the remaining stands below the wall will retreat from the wall.

What the rules actually don't cover is what would happen whe the two units draw. Where to fall back? Can attacker fall back down the ladders?

[Lex]

What the rules actually don't cover is what would happen whe the two units draw. Where to fall back? Can attacker fall back down the ladders?

With an attacker needing to work hard to gain the ramparts I would suggest that a DRAW end combat, but assumes combat is again resolved in the next turn.

[Aldhick]

What the rules actually don't cover is what would happen whe the two units draw. Where to fall back? Can attacker fall back down the ladders?

With an attacker needing to work hard to gain the ramparts I would suggest that a DRAW end combat, but assumes combat is again resolved in the next turn.

Agree. This may be a reasonable solution preventing some odd situations to happen