Absolutely right, but in normal wargames rules terms a countercharge is usually a charge at a charging enemy, not one that has already halted. I only mentioned this aspect because there was a comment elsewhere about a Steady line being able to countercharge in the COE rules which i don’t have. If those rules do allow a countercharge as a charge response then we really need a proper view from the authors as to what the charge phase is meant to represent. I accept that it means more than actual contact in hand to hand terms and reflect close up fire by troops inc their skirmish supports and the morale effect but is it really meant to also represent close order fire (in addition to the rule for closing fire, the grand hurrah from the general and a charge into a halted column (in which case the column should only hit on a 4+ as they would no loger be advancing). I personally will stick with the ordinary closing fire and then if the British win the H to H then they will “follow up” in what would effectively represent a countercharge in the way you describe
