European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 24, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vic Debolle left and Dan Peterson members of the Napoleonic association in Frankfurt re enact the Battle of Waterloo. Waterloo replay continued from Page 13 and visited Waterloo before writing papers designed to educate the other brigade officers they walked the Battle they visited the museums they talked to  explained i m supercharged they got Well beyond the Point where they say onlhe13lhof  on the 15thof june some officers chose to study commanders learning the background and personalities of Napoleon von Blucher and Wellington with that they were Able to better understand Why these men acted As they did during the Battle. The Battle of Waterloo was Napoleon s final fight he had escaped from his exile on the Island of Elba and returned to France on March 1.1815. Twenty Days later he was in pans. To Stop him. The allies assembled six armies in an attempt to protect Europe trom Napoleon s might. These two great Powers collided in the Muddy Rye Fields near Brussels. The  army officers there last week discussed the events that led to Napoleon s downfall. Certain problems Are  said 1st it. Robert 0 Modarelli Iii. You can see their  standing near the spot where the great French general gathered his troops. 2nd it Sandy l Galac Ioor discussed the importance of communications during combat if you read some of Wellington s dispatches they were Clear very precise he said Napoleon s dispatches were less precise Napoleon would give his chief of staff these vague  it was a Case he said where the commander s intent was unclear in the orders. Napoleon s orders to Grouchy failed to express this intent causing Grouchy to continue a move away from the Battle exposing the French flank. If you give a subordinate an order you have to give him your intent Galacio said seemingly puzzled that Napoleon would fail on that count. On the other hand Wellington correctly mane Vered his men into position to defend against a cavalry attack by Ney one of Napoleon s commanders. In his paper Galacio wrote of this attack this great Effort of the French was doomed to fail because Ney did not arrange for infantry to support the attack. Napoleon from afar saw this and did nothing to support his  there were other tactics discussed. The i officers applauded Wellington s use of the Ric cover his troop movements. He also received Marks for his combined use of artillery infant cavalry. The French mistakes were numerous Nap not control the entire Battlefield. He held acl Imperial guard Loo Long failing to Send them Battle until the outcome had already been de this was a particularly brutal Battle. Across Hundred acres of ground 50,000 men were k wounded in barely eight hours of fighting it v and Bayonet Musket and Cannon. Horses we unable to charge at times because the Field v strewn with dead and dying men and horses " the Battle of Waterloo makes an offic appreciate the horrors of War what he s Goin Ace Galacio said. If he gets that a Precia will understand How serious his Job  Modarelli said he could sense the personal of every Man who fought at Waterloo 175 Yea you feel it he said. Especially walking i you feel  Page 14 the stars and stripes sunday decent