"Cannon shell shot by Turkish fleet during Nice siege in 1543,
when the heroine Catherine Ségurana give proof of special courage."

Most versions of the tale have Catherine Ségurane, a common washerwoman,
leading the townspeople into battle.
Legend has it that she knocked out a standard bearer with her beater and took his flag.

However, according to one commonly told story,
Catherine took the lead in defending the city
by standing before the invading forces and exposing her bare bottom.
This is said to have so repulsed the Turkish infantry's Muslim sense of decency
that they turned and fled.