[Aikamun]

Made me laugh. I had similar experiences a long time ago (one month).

Sounds like your spearmen retreated to a neighboring province (Abyssia) and can be found in the garrison. So the battle report was correct, three died and the other twelve routed to safety

You also experienced bad luck, with all the flooding (especially with luck 1).

The stickied thread, "Newbies and Confused People", December 19 post has some good supplemental info on scales.

Good luck in your second war of aggression.

Aikamun