Recon in force,when do i shuffle?

By slick, in Warhammer Invasion Rules Questions

Hi all,lets say i have a ton of units attacking a zone with recon in force ( the new empire mission) in the same zone,if i have the 3 damage to assign to it and all my units will die in the battle,do the units die first then recon takes effect?Or recon first to shuffle and draw 3 then the units enter the discard pile?

Ty comiendo

When you assign combat damage to this zone..

So before it is applied therefore before units actually die.

Ah thanks. Thought it would be nice if I could shuffle back all those experience cards from the dead units backā€¦.oh we'llwe'll sonreir