Appeals Committee. Disputed situations in tournaments.

And by the way, here I don't understand why the archers should retreat. According to the rules, the attacker must win the battle or retreat. Skeletons attacked. Let them win.

In this case, the situation is not a stalemate – the skeletons will attack the archers anyway; the only question is how much time it will take. Therefore, from the point of view of saving time, it is reasonable for the archers to put themselves in a position to be attacked, or somehow break this situation (escape). The rule about a stalemate is simply not applicable here.

If the archers do not put themselves in a position to be attacked, in my opinion, this is something similar to deliberately wasting time and not making a move in battle (let the opponent win however they want, when they simply don't get a turn). Or, in a losing game, not surrendering, but simply doing nothing and waiting for the entire timer to run out each turn. There is nothing in the rules against such things, but it is unlikely to be considered adequate behavior. I don't know if it is possible to adequately describe such situations in the rules.