Demoralized unit in assault hex failing to recover while in entrenchment

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I play it by following 14.35, they can stay and try to recover until the hex is assaulted, then a failure requires a retreat. I believe the wording "Demoralized units in an assault hex that fail a morale check must exit the hex, and may move only one hex when doing so (12.13). "

You don't seem to have voted that way.

I read 14.35 as it is written, "Demoralized units in an assault hex that fail a morale check must exit the hex, and may move only one hex when doing so (12.13). "  That means a unit can stay in an entrenchment unless it fails to recover with enemy units present. I think the word "must" clearly indicates that units in an assault hex that fail to recover must leave the hex. I didn't notice a vote button so I simply replied with how I do it.

The word "Must" is used in the normal conditions of fleeing too, but is specifically overwritten by the entrenchments, turning it into a "may"; so using one instance of "Must" can't really be all that authoritative. Check 14.31

Admittedly I always played with the specific entrenchment rule overriding the assault condition without a second thought as in general, a specific exception overrides a general rule in wargaming. If someone is raising the assault condition rule to be a yet further specific rule overriding the entrenchment rule, I can certainly see the ambiguity even if it never read that way to me before...

Without an authoritative ruling on this, I think we are all just going to go in circles as to which is the more specific rule that trumps.