is it possible to retreat from a naval battle that has gone bad? how?

[egill]

the french and danes have caught me out.

can i run away? how?

 

[Alfy]

I haven't looked into the details yet, but I think it is possible. Just select the fleet, and click to another adjacent sea area. It does not seem to work at the beginning of the fight, I assume to force you to take some losses, but it does after a while. The movement arrow will be light blue, denoting it is a retreat.

 

[kvk]

There is a white flag tooltip(I think that is what it is, I don't remember) in the combat menu, it says when you're allowed to flee from the battle, it's the same for land battles, you're not allowed to retreat before having fought for a couple of days.

 

[Aries666]

After 400 hours of I play still hadn't figured out how to retreat from battles! Good to finally know.