| JUTLAND | Battle of ___, 1916 naval conflict (7) |
| SEAWARS | Naval conflicts |
| NAVARINO | Battle of ___, 1827 naval conflict during the Greek War of Independence (8) |
| MARENGO | Battle of ___, 1800 conflict near Alessandria, Italy, in which France defeated Austria (7) |
| WOUNDED | The Battle Of _ Knee, the last major armed conflict between the Great Sioux Nation and the US (7) |
| CAMBRAI | The battle of ___ in November 1917 saw the first large-scale use of massed tanks in warfare (7) |
| BATOCHE | Battle of _ (North-West Rebellion conflict in Saskatchewan in 1885) |
| ALGIERS | The Battle of ___, 1967 film set in North Africa (7) |
| PLASSEY | Battle of ___, 1757 conflict that saw victory for the British East India Company under Robert Clive |
| ASHDOWN | AEthelred and a young Alfred the Great defeated the Danes at the battle of ___ in AD 871 (7) |
| MARSTON | Battle of ___ Moor |
| LEPANTO | The Battle of ____ was the last in the western world mainly involving rowed vessels |
| THEFIVE | The Hobbit: The Battle of ___ ___ Armies, 2014 Peter Jackson film (3,4) |
| CODWAR | Naval conflict is firm draw, oddly (3,3) |
| SEAWAR | Swear novel includes a naval conflict (3,3) |
| RISING | Easter ____, 1916 rebellion in Dublin which included the proclamation of an Irish Republic |
| EASTER | ____, 1916, poem by W. B. Yeats about an Irish rebellion (6) |
| BOTHA | P W ___, 1916-2006, South African politician (5) |
| WILSON | Harold ___ (1916-95) British Prime Minister from 1964-70 and 1974-76 (6) |
| BUNKERHILL | Battle of ___, June, 1775 conflict of the American Revolutionary War also known as the Battle of Breed's Hill (6,4) |
