Thank you to the responces, here are some comments or clarifications:
With range 5 SF, I NEVER have them placed further forward than back. So no it was not my setting.
This is also not the first time this happened, like I mentioned I reported it as a bug before and it was dismissed.
It is not more effective to have the men in the front where all the range 3 and 4 archers can reach them and kill them before they have a chance to fire more than two rounds.
I would like to know how they are treated in the code. if they are supposed to be placed with archers, then I will pay more attention to future battles (as it may be that all the battles I have noticed it in are fortification defence) and then if I see them with infantry when they should not be I will report a bug.
