Across The Danube - Turn V: Attack Phase

I will be very disappointed if I fail to eliminate the final Dacian cavalry unit this turn

Neither side's archers have any enemy in range and line-of-sight, so my cavalry are first to exercise the attack initiative.

The unit on the hill attacks the Dacian cavalry, the 8+ reduced by three thanks to support from legionaries, spearmen and another cavalry unit. I roll 12 - talk about overkill! - and the enemy unit is no more.

My victorious unit could occupy the hex vacated by the vanquished, but they are within command range, and I prefer to leave them out of the way of approaching Dacian swordsmen.

The front unit of said swordsmen now attacks my forward legionaries, requiring 7+. However, there are +1 modifiers for my men being in cover and for them being adjacent to another unit of legionaries. The dice land as 7, so no hit.

My forward legionaries now counterattack the swordsmen, also needing 7+, but there is a +1 modifier for the swordsmen having fellow swordsmen adjacent to them. Nevertheless, I roll 10, which exceeds the 8 required by two, so the swordsmen have to flee three hexes.

For the first time for quite a while, there are no Dacians below the red line, which, if this were the end of turn XII, rather than V, would give me victory