| DEWET | Afrikaner commander who led the Orange Free State army during the Second Boer War (2,3) |
| GUYGIBSON | British wing commander who led the Dambusters Raid in May 1943 (3,6) |
| LADYSMITH | South African city in KwaZulu-Natal subjected to a four-month siege by Boer forces during the Second Boer War (1899-1902) (9) |
| MAFEKING | Town in South Africa where British troops and civilians were besieged for 217 days during the Second Boer War (8) |
| OLIVEDRAB | Dull greyish colour of the uniform of the US Army during the Second World War (5,4) |
| UTAH | State army occupying university hospital |
| EIGHTY | --- Army, a British field army during the Second World War, formed in Egypt in 1941 (6) |
| BOERS | Which people, after the Great Trek of 1835-37, settled in the Orange Free State in South Africa? (5) |
| SPION | & 12D The Battle of -, conflict in January 1900 between Boer and British forces in the Second Boer War (5,3) |
| NATAL | About one's birth next to the Orange Free State (5) |
| CORFE | Village on the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, housing a fortification famous for its defence by Lady Bankes against a parliamentary army during the English Civil War (5,6) |
| LEWIS | C.S. ___ author of The Chronicles of Narnia who served in the British army during WWI |
| KITCHENER | Field marshal who in 1900 became overall commander of the British forces in the Second Boer War (9) |
| SPIONKOP | The Battle of ?, conflict in January 1900 between Boer and British forces in the Second Boer War |
| KRUGERRAND | Gold coin featuring the likeness of the statesman whose actions were one cause of the Second Boer War |
| DRAFT | A call-up to the United States army - or just a rough plan (5) |
| STATE | Orange Free ___ (province of South Africa) |
| MAHIKENG | Provincial capital in South Africa (pop about 50,00), the site of a 217-day siege in the Second Boer War (8) |
| COLENSO | Town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; scene of a December 1899 battle in the Second Boer War |
| BOERWAR | Conflict whose resolution dissolved the Orange Free State |
