Napoleonic Trivia #28 (1 Viewer)

[Grognard]

What was the nickname given by the "Grande Armée" to Marshall Poniatowski?

 

[Obee]

What was the nickname given by the "Grande Armée" to Marshall Poniatowski?

The Polish Bayard

John

 

[Grognard]

The Polish Bayard

John

Another correct answer John!
"Pierre du Terrail, Chevalier de Bayard" was a very famous and couragous French knight in the French medieval times. He was known as the "Le Chevalier sans peur et sans reproche" wich means " The fearless and irreproachable knight". Hence the comparison with Poniatowski and his nickname...