[Alexander Seil]

Originally posted by Argitoth:
I dunno where you got that idea of moving mages closer to the battle, but usually my mages wait for the enemy to come to them. It's basically suicide to put a mage up front.

How's that? Set the army up so that the mage could cast something nasty before the advance elements of the enemy force even reach your position. If you have a squad on hold and attack orders right behind him, they would engage the enemy right before they get to the mage. Even then, however, only cavalry or fliers would present a serious threat.