| PLASSEY | Battle of ___, 1757 conflict that saw victory for the British East India Company under Robert Clive |
| SEPOYS | Troops in the service of the British East India Company, who instigated the Indian Rebellion of 1857 (6) |
| PUNJAB | Region of north-west India annexed by the British East India Company in 1849 (6) |
| CLIVE | Robert of the British East India Company |
| PENANG | Malaysian state founded by the British East India Company in 1786 (6) |
| OUDENARDE | The Battle of --- of 1708 in the War of the Spanish Succession resulted in victory for the Grand Alliance over the French (9) |
| PRIX | Uniquely named event at Jarama that saw victory for Carlos Checa. (6,5,4) |
| GRAND | Uniquely named event at Jarama that saw victory for Carlos Checa. (6,5,4) |
| MADRID | Uniquely named event at Jarama that saw victory for Carlos Checa. (6,5,4) |
| BOMBAY | Base for the old British East India Company |
| MOMBASA | Second-largest city of Kenya; capital of the British East Africa Protectorate until 1907 (7) |
| VIETNAMWAR | Period of major military conflict that saw the fall of Saigon (7,3) |
| BANNOCKBURN | 1314 battle in which the Scots under Robert Bruce defeated the English under King Edward II (11) |
| ELIHUYALE | British East India Company governor |
| TEA | British East India Company product |
| PINCKNEY | Charles ___ (1757-1824), US Founding Father and one of the 39 signers of the Constitution (8) |
| BOERWAR | Conflict that saw the sieges of Ladysmith and Kimberley |
| ALTON | A battle in this Hampshire town on 13 December 1643 was a victory for the parliamentarians over the royalists (5) |
| DUPLEIX | Joseph-Francois, governor general of French India, rival to Robert Clive (7) |
| BLAKE | William ___ (1757-1827), English poet, painter and printmaker of the Romantic age (5) |
