She's done awfully well for our resident little girl me thinks.
Personally I would never send an attack with swords and archers, unless in a conquest world. That may be just my opinion of course.
If you're low on troops and need to fill some transports no reason not to if you honestly think you have a chance at the city since you expect it to be clear before CS lands obviously. But I can imagine its hard to poke holes at us so makes sense this is the best you guys can come up with