| OUDENARDE | Belgian city, site of the 1708 battle in the War of the Spanish Succession (9) |
| BLENHEIM | 1704 battle in the War of the Spanish Succession won by the Duke of Marlborough (8) |
| MARLBOROUGH | The Duke of --was commander of British forces in the War of the Spanish Succession (11) |
| GIBRALTAR | Colony which Britain gained during the War of the Spanish Accession (9) |
| UTRECHT | The Treaty of ... in 1713 ended the War of the Spanish Succession (7) |
| MONS | Belgian city, site of the first battle fought by the British Army in World War I (4) |
| JOSEPHI | Holy Roman emperor during the War of the Spanish Succession |
| TEWKESBURY | Market town in Gloucestershire, site of a decisive 1471 battle in the Wars of the Roses (10) |
| XIV | Louis ___ (War of the Spanish Succession king) |
| LAKEERIE | Site of a key battle in the War of 1812 |
| YPRES | Belgian city, site of five World War I battles (5) |
| BOSWORTHFIELD | Last, decisive battle in the Wars of the Roses (8,5) |
| BRUSSELS | Belgian city, site of a Palais de Justice (8) |
| SEVENTEEN | Shadow time by the 1-down 21 saw start of Spanish succession problem (9,7) |
| SARDINIA | Mediterranean island that became Austrian territory in 1708, as affirmed by the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht (8) |
| PITT | Surname of the 1st Earl of Chatham, (1708-78) |
| OLDKINGCOLE | Traditional English nursery rhyme first published c. 1708 in William King's 'Useful Transactions in Philosophy' (3,4,4) |
| TORELLI | Giuseppe, Verona-born composer known for his Op. 8 of 1708 (7) |
| DIPPERS | German-American Baptist denomination founded in 1708. |
| TRA | 1708 Attilio Ariosti opera, Amor ___ nemici |
