Friendly-fire losses are weighed against the effect of concentrated fire on the opposing formation. In this game situation, avoiding every risk from supporting fire would rule out useful maneuvers. The judgment is that the support harms the enemy more than it costs the British force. The 7th Line of Foot are treated as hardened troops capable of holding their position while other units act around them. That expectation supports accepting some friendly-fire risk in this particular attack.
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Weighing friendly-fire risk against concentrated support
In this game attack, concentrated support is judged to outweigh the friendly-fire risk to infantry expected to hold its position.