not much i could do about the battle...we were even ( actually i had a bit more troops ) both armies were unarmed
the battle was at 3 AM this morning...nothing i could do, i had to be asleep for work.
anyway to post pone battles till both sides are ready? that kinda sucks i attack someone..then cross my fingers hoping the match will be at a time when im off\awake
Well you didn't accept anyone to fight in your battle (unless only one guy was signed up) so the computer automatically picks someone who signed up to fight for you. That person apparently didn't show up to the battle.
In the future when you have a battle you will want to accept people to the roster (in strategus, click on the "battles" tab, then when you have a battle that hasn't happened, you can click on it and accept people to the roster).
Also, you're going to want weapons, even if they were unarmed you'd both be naked with no weapons. You're going to have a hard time winning that battle.
Furthermore, the person you were attacking was unarmed, if they had 0 crates on them, they likely had no goods on them. If you won the battle you would not have gained anything. The only thing you can get from winning a battle is some of the gear (that remained on the enemy after the battle) and some of the gear that was used by both sides during the battle. It's about a 75%-25% split for the winner (not 100% sure on that). You don't take any gold from the person you're fighting.
enjoy your EU vacation, to get back to the NA side of the map you need to head EAST through the side of the map and it will then be the WEST side of the NA map (once you make it through).
Just above the battle tab in strategus is a purple link that says "Showing EU" or Showing NA, click that to view the other map.