| DIENBIENPHU | City in NW Vietnam; scene of a major defeat of French forces by the Vietminh in 1954 (4,4,3) |
| SEA | "Under the ___" (tour de force by the crab Sebastian in The Little Mermaid) |
| DIEN | ___ Bien Phu (site of a decisive Vietminh victory over French forces) |
| LEFT | Deserted the French force by junction (4) |
| DUGOUT | Small boat of French force is away (6) |
| GENDARMERIE | The French force plan, alienating a constructor before I intervened (11) |
| CAMOUFLAGED | Disguised from enemy forces by using protective coloration or clothing |
| LUCKNOW | City in northern India. scene of a six-month siege of British forces by rebel sepoys in 1857 (7) |
| ABERFAN | Welsh mining village, scene of a major disaster in 1966 caused by the collapse of a slag heap (7) |
| ELALAMEIN | Town west of Alexandria in N Egypt, scene of a major Allied victory over Axis forces in November 1942 (2,7) |
| CRECY | First decisive battle of the Hundred Years' War, in which the English under Edward III defeated the French forces of Philip VI (1346) |
| EDWARD | King of England whose army defeated the French force under Philip Vi at the Battle of Crecy, where his son the Black Prince acquired the emblem of three white feathers (6) |
| NAIROBI | In which city is the Westgate shopping mall, scene of a major terrorist attack last September? (7) |
| KURSK | City in west Russia; scene of a major Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1943 (5) |
| WEIGHT | Gravitational force by which a body is attracted to Earth; a unit used to measure said heaviness; boldness of a typeface; a metal block used with a balance; or, density of cloth (6) |
| AGINCOURT | A battle fought in 1415 in North France, a decisive victory for Henry V's army over French forces (9) |
| MITRAILLEUSE | Early type of machine gun, used by French forces in the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-71 |
| AISNE | River in N France that was scene of a major Allied offensive in 1918 (5) |
| WATERLOO | Battle in which Napoleon suffered a major defeat |
| PASTRYWAR | Name given to the invasion of Mexico by French forces in 1838 |
