I’m hesitant to argue verbatim and that charges never happened and deny the example from a general’s writing above. Simple fact is that concentration and rate of fire was the mainstay for causing disorganization and route then costly bayonet charges. It seems that this particular general was encouraging his subordinates to do what they were accustomed to do, which was exchanging of fire and hesitation of bayonet charges. Again, the numbers of casualty speak for themselves. And Napoleonic wars are speaking from a different era; yes, french army under his leadership have used more aggressive, unconventional tactics.