| HAIG | Douglas -, Field Marshal who became Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force in 1915 (4) |
| DOUGLASHAIG | British field marshal; commander-in-chief of the British forces in France and Flanders (1915-18) |
| FRENCH | John ?, field marshal who commanded the British Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium from 1914-15 (6) |
| WADE | George ___ (1673 - 1748)Irish-born soldier who became Commander-in-chief of the Forces in 1745 (4) |
| ROBERTELEE | General who was commander- in-chief of the Confederate armies in the American Civil War (6,13) |
| MONS | Town in Belgium, scene of the first battle of the British Expeditionary Force in World War One (4) |
| LEE | Robert E. -, commander-in-chief of the Southern armies in the American Civil War (3) |
| GENERALHAIG | Ronald Reagan's first Secretary of State or the commander of the British Expeditionary Force during much of the First World War |
| NIMITZ | Chester, Commander in Chief of the US Pacific Fleet during the Second World War (6) |
| FOCH | Ferdinand, marshal of France who was commander in chief of Allied armies on the Western front in the First World War (4) |
| FAIRFAX | Thomas ?, English parliamentary general; Commander-in-Chief of the New Model Army from 1645 |
| DONITZ | Karl --, commander in chief of the German navy between 1943 and 1945 (6) |
| KITCHENER | Field marshal who in 1900 became overall commander of the British forces in the Second Boer War (9) |
| ANNA | The first name of the editor-in- chief of the US version of Vogue (4) |
| CLASSIC | Girl takes on commander-in-chief of the highest rank (7) |
| CLIVE | Robert ---, agent of the East India Company and Commander-in-Chief of British India in 1756 (5) |
| ALANBROOKE | Viscount, British field marshal who was chief of the Imperial General Staff in World War II (10) |
| TEDDER | Arthur William, British marshal of the RAF who became deputy supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force (6) |
| OLDCONTEMPTIBLES | The ____, a nickname for the British Expeditionary Force, based on a description attributed to Kaiser Wilhelm II |
| FERDINANDFOCH | French commander-in-chief of Allied forces during the First World War (9,4) |
