Thrashing now.  Trying to reconcile the game system with reading Napoleonic tactics.  Disconnect with battalion/regiment frontages and depths.  Of course, all of these book dictates are conjectural, based on manuals, pundits, and the revisionist interpretations of manuals and pundits.

One hex in Squad Leader is 40 meters or just over 43 yards.  The hex width is 3/4 inch.  Counter frontages in System 7 are one inch equals 40 yards.  Battalion frontages were 75 yards.  Not a match, but close enough.

The real problem appeared to be  a company counter depth of 5/16 inches or roughly 14 yards in scale.  According to my interpretation of a Chandler, a six company battalion advancing in column would have an overall depth of 15 yards.  This is problematic, especially since according the rules, maximum stacking is two companies, which leaves a depth of 42 yards per battalion if attacking with two companies abreast.  All of that just doesn’t make sense and at this point I was dizzy.

Somehow came to my senses, looked a few more resources, had a pop…..ahhhhhh…the depth was 15 yards per company or  45 yards.

Heavy sigh……