Engaged

A unit that is engaged is in melee combat with another unit. An engaged melee unit can retaliate against enemy attacks (provided they are facing them or otherwise eligible to do so) and take parting attacks on units moving out of engagement with them. Ranged units suffer a -10 penalty to attack and a -5 penalty to morale when engaged with another unit in melee. An engaged unit may use the disengage action to lose the engaged condition and move away from enemy units safely, or can simply move away, taking parting attacks from any unit engaged with it.