Brigadier Gerard and glory, he is always ready with a stirring speech or a gallant remark to a lady. Conan Doyle, in making his hero a vain, and often rather uncomprehending, Frenchman, was able to satirise both the stereotypical English view of the French and – by presenting them from Gerard's baffled point of view – English manners and attitudes. Gerard tells the stories from the point of view of an old man now living in retirement in Paris. We discover that he was born in Gascony in the early 1780s (he is 25 in "How the Brigadier Captured Saragossa"). In "How
Brigadier Gerard (horse) français Dictus (Prix Jacques le Marois) par huit longueurs, samedi, a Ascot dans les Queen Elizabeth Stakes 11 (1.600m). Ashleigh, troisième, a terminé 10 longueurs du vainqueur. Brigadier Gerard a remporté sa neuvième victoire consécutive. This was Brigadier Gerard’s ninth consecutive success with a step up to a mile and a quarter in the Champion Stakes at Newmarket the next race on his agenda. Champion Stakes, Newmarket When Brigadier Gerard lined up for his first attempt at ten furlongs, a field of ten turned up to contest the £35,000 prize. From Great Britain, the leading older horses included Welsh Pageant,