When it comes to bayonets it seems an act of shear desperation to charge in the face of the enemy with a knife on the end of your weapon.

The enemy usually ran before you got there but if they gave you a volley on the way you just might not make it.

With the advent of fire arms men seldom looked into the eyes of the man they were trying to kill. That takes a much different mind set and a different kind of courage. It is much more disturbing to spit someone on the end of those than it is to shoot him, even if he is only yards away...and how does a rifleman miss at 10 yards? Fear?!


@ Prussian Iron,

Some day I may get to use improved fougases but the AI never seems to attack my stationary armies.