 What is the main risk of Sir Robert's command to charge into Saladin's frontline?
Ahead of him, in serried array, with lances erect and pennons flying, was the forward part of the column. He himself, Sir Robert de Bouain, was riding with the Norman and English troops, just behind the men of Poitou. If, as our informers tell us, there are uncounted Turks to the fore, and if, as we are aware, our rear is being dogged by the Bedouin and the black horsemen of Egypt, it would seem that Saladin has at hand more than enough to overcome us, were they all truly Christian knights." He has returned to France in haste, leaving the rest of us to fight the Saracen for the Holy Land leaving only the contingent of his vassal the Duke of Burgundy to remain with us."
 He is disobeying King Richard's orders
 The Hospitallers might not have enough time to recover  He is disobeying King Richard's orders  King Richard will be left unprotected  Sir Robert will likely perish in the fray