European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Troops get their gear in shape for the Battle Man at right plays role of a chaplain with British Waterloo 1985 continued from Page 13 private in the Brunswick Black Musket on my across my shoulder were strapped my ammunition Case with Black powder rolled up in paper car my Haversack with personal and my Backpack and i wore a heavy Black Wool uniform with Black boots and Black Shako the Battle of Waterloo 1985 began with artillery bar the loud Roar of the Cannon Hurt my and i could feel the Earth vibrating under my then Bonaparte sent an infantry column against the right the Brunswicker Dan and our George ordered us through the Drill of loading we were pre paring for the moment Bonaparte army would come at our we knew there  be a Long i bit off the end of a powder primed the Musket and poured the rest Down the crumpling the i packed that Down the Musket with a ram it would be hours before i could rid my Mouth of the Gritty taste of we were ready for the As ready As we could first they sent a Small band of skirmishers against those were driven off my first shots in Battle were against those Skir with muskets we advanced on the and followed the firing Drill barked out by the French cavalry charged and flanked us but was beaten for two hours the armies with the French pulling Back and attacking the French brigades assaulted a staunch Allied line that time and time Back and Forth across the line Wellington could be issuing mane vering units to fill or Dering attacks and supervising rallying the in a desperate final Man Euver Napoleon sent his Imperial the finest of the against wellingtons left backed by the remnants of the rest of Bonaparte the guard charged our line held then began to beat Back the elite in they fell Down the Battlefield the guard and the Center of Napoleons crumbling army tried to but it was too we had begun the attack that extinguished Bonaparte Star wellingtons forces charged across the Field with muskets As the final shots rang out Napoleons last attempt at world under the Noonday beside the huge Butte de lion Monument of the 1815 defeat of the French were Europe was rid of Napo soldiers of Bonaparte army and above right on the one of the Camp followers comforts a wounded Soldier of the allies Neill Morrison and daughter Shavonne during Waterloo followed by Camp Follower Margie Een actin by Chris Estes staff writer Page 14 the stars and stripes began to regret it during the first if my boots didst fit Well my Black Wool with Ping fit All too Well my Musket was h my hot Black Shako hat combined with everything else to make me one miserable l was a private in the Brunswick Black an army Small German duchy that fought on the Side of the Duke of Wellington in the Battle of i was at Waterloo to join living history in Europe and the Napoleonic association in reenacting the living history in Europe is an association of people who reenact historical most Are members have realistic roman medieval and Napoleonic Era army the Napoleonic association is based in this years reenactment the largest in an annual series of events was organized through the cooperation of Waterloo and the Napoleonic Waterloo provided the the a ban Quet and some the association provided the living history in Europe provided the scottish 42nd Highland regiment and the Brunswick Black both Allied from the Napoleonic association in England came most of the British several Hundred people from both organizations Par also from the Napoleonic association were the units of French some belgian historically Allied went Over to the other Side this year to fight for june reenacting int just lets dress up and play uniforms and muskets have to be most of the uniforms Are made by the some units also make their own rifles for activities in Waterloo began with an saturday morning Parade through the March lasted until which was provided by the an after meal rest was followed by the Days second the second March took us through part of Waterloo and out into nearby communities that picked up much of the Tab for the it also took us up Hills and through Many i wondered in another 170 someone would be reenacting our later that evening a banquet was held for the re enactment sunday morning began with loading paper cartridges with Black this was done by wrapping a Square of newspaper around a Dowel Rod and folding one end the powder is poured into the paper and that end is the French and the allies were bused to different locations to March to the Battlefield a farm pasture beside the Butte de a Monument erected in Mem Ory of the dead of the Battle of to Contact living history in write to living history in he Box Apo the Napoleonic association can be reached through Tim 59 grim Bald Una North Yorkshire has England phone 0423 the stars and stripes Page 15