I read somewhere that bayonet charges rarely came to hand to hand because either the attackers were mown down or the defenders ran away. No-one in their right m

I read somewhere that bayonet charges rarely came to hand to hand because either the attackers were mown down or the defenders ran away. No-one in their right mind wants to get stuck with a bayonet. Apparently the NZ Maori battalions in WWII were particularly fond of the bayonet. I can't imagine how bowel-liquifyingly scary it would be to see Maori's with 18 inch bayonets running at you.