| FLODDEN | Battle of 1513 in Northumberland in which the English gained victory over the Scots (7) |
| DUNBAR | Royal burgh where "28" won a victory over the Scots in 1650 (6) |
| OTTERBURN | Battle in Northumberland in 1388 (9) |
| WELLINGTON | Military commander gained victory over significant leader going east (10) |
| THEPALE | Medieval area of Ireland in which the English had sole control after invasion |
| ALAMEIN | El -, village on the north coast of Egypt which was the scene of a 1942 Allied victory over the Germans (7) |
| ONETIME | Once gained victory, as you might say, over the enemy (3-4) |
| LEPANTO | Described in a G. K. Chesterton poem, a 1571 battle resulting in the Holy League victory over the Ottoman fleet (7) |
| AINTREE | Racecourse at which the English Grand National is run (7) |
| ORLEANS | Site of Joan of Arc's first victory over the English |
| FLORIDA | US state named by Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon in 1513, the name meaning 'full of flowers' (7) |
| EPSTEIN | Jacob ____'s sculptures include St Michael's Victory over the Devil, on the east wall of Coventry Cathedral |
| POITIERS | French city that was the scene of the 1356 battle in which the English under the Black Prince defeated the French (8) |
| CRECY | First decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War, in which the English under Edward III defeated the French forces of Philip VI (1346) |
| DWINDLE | Germany twice welcoming victory over the French, fade away (7) |
| WOLFE | British Army Major-General remembered chiefly for his victory over the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec in 1759, in which he was killed (5,5) |
| JAMES | British Army Major-General remembered chiefly for his victory over the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec in 1759, in which he was killed (5,5) |
| TRAFALGAR | 1805 naval battle in which the English under Nelson defeated the French and Spanish (9) |
| ELALAMEIN | Which town in Egypt was the site of the decisive British victory over the German Afrika Korps in October 1942? (2,7) |
| FLODDENFIELD | Site of the 1513 battle in which King James IV of Scotland was killed (7,5) |
