| SPIONKOP | Battle of --- ---, military engagement of the Second Boer War, fought in January 1900 (5,3) |
| SPION | The Battle of -- Kop was fought in January 1900 between Boer and British forces in the Second Boer War (5) |
| KRUGERRAND | Gold coin featuring the likeness of the statesman whose actions were one cause of the Second Boer War |
| OSAN | Battle of ___: first military engagement of the Korean War, in July 1950 (4) |
| MAHIKENG | Provincial capital in South Africa (pop about 50,00), the site of a 217-day siege in the Second Boer War (8) |
| MAFEKING | Town in South Africa where British troops and civilians were besieged for 217 days during the Second Boer War (8) |
| MYTILENE | Naval battle of the Peloponnesian War fought in 406 BC (8) |
| KITCHENER | Field marshal who in 1900 became overall commander of the British forces in the Second Boer War (9) |
| EDGEHILL | Pitched battle of the English Civil War fought on October 23, 1642 (8) |
| BORODINO | Bloody battle of the Napoleonic Wars fought 70 miles west of Moscow on September 7 1812 |
| COLENSO | Town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; scene of a December 1899 battle in the Second Boer War |
| CIRCULAR | Court ___, daily report of the activities and engagements of the sovereign (8) |
| UPTODATE | You texted "look at my other side" before romantic engagement of the moment (2-2-4) |
| LADYSMITH | South African city in KwaZulu-Natal subjected to a four-month siege by Boer forces during the Second Boer War (1899-1902) (9) |
| DEWET | Afrikaner commander who led the Orange Free State army during the Second Boer War (2,3) |
| SHILOH | Second great battle of the American Civil War, fought in Tennessee in 1862 (6) |
| GETTYSBURG | Battle of -, conflict of the American Civil War fought in July, 1863 (10) |
| SALAMANCA | Key battle of the Peninsular War, fought in Spain in 1812 (9) |
| SKIRMISH | Military engagement |
| INACTION | Rest (during military engagement?) (8) |
