Its declared goal was to combat lawlessness, although it discreetly sought the transfer of Culmerland from the Teutonic Order to Poland.
Some chroniclers of the time said that this contributed to the defeat of the Knights, which Heinrich von Treitschke's thesis Das deutsche ordensland Preussen popularized, but this lacks historical support.
It is also possible that von Reyns didn't intentionally lower the banner early, and that it moved out of sight or fell when a bearer was killed.
[1] Renys was executed by the Order after the war, causing the remaining members of the Lizard Union to flee to Poland.
[2] The Union was declared illegal[citation needed] by Pope Gregory XII and Emperor Sigismund, and was subsequently dissolved in 1411.