| VICKSBURG | Mississippi town, site a 1863 Civil War battle (9) |
| OTTERBURN | Northumberland town, site of a 1388 battle (9) |
| HOTCOFFEE | Mississippi town SE of Jackson |
| ALDERSHOT | Hampshire town, site of a large military camp (9) |
| TAKESIDES | Cleverly site a desk to indicate one's preferred group (4,5) |
| SHEERNESS | Isle of Sheppey town, site of a former naval dockyard |
| ELALAMEIN | Egyptian town, site of two WWII battles (2,7) |
| TAURUSRUN | Civil War battle, in the stars? |
| FIVEFORKS | Where the last major Civil War battle was fought |
| NASEBERRY | Tree hiding English kings in Civil War battle |
| ONTHE | Gloucestershire market town, site in spring 1646 of a decisive battle of the Civil War (4-2-3-4) |
| STOW | Gloucestershire market town, site in spring 1646 of a decisive battle of the Civil War (4-2-3-4) |
| WOLD | Gloucestershire market town, site in spring 1646 of a decisive battle of the Civil War (4-2-3-4) |
| CASSINO | Italian town, site of a World War II battle in 1944 (7) |
| NOSETOTAIL | Engineer on-site a lot, in a jam? |
| STOWONTHEWOLD | Gloucestershire town, site of the final battle of the first English Civil War (4-2-3-4) |
| SPARTA | Mississippi town in "In the Heat of the Night" |
| TUPELO | Mississippi town, birthplace of Elvis presley (6) |
| ARNHEM | Dutch town, site of a 1944 WWII battle (6) |
| PRESTONPANS | East Lothian mining town, site of a 1745 battle (11) |
