| RIEMST | Municipality in Limburg, Belgium; site of the Battle of Lauffeld in 1747 (6) |
| YPRES | Part of West Flanders in Belgium, site of several First World War battles (5) |
| MAILLE | Mustard brand founded in 1747 |
| SIMON | And 30ac Scot who was the last man publicly beheaded in Britain, in 1747 (5,6) |
| SENLAC | Hill in Sussex, England, site of the Battle of Hastings in 1066 (6) |
| GRETNA | Small town in the south-west (pop about 3,000), near the site of the Battle of Sark (1448) |
| MODENA | City of northern Italy in which balsamic vinegar originated and was first named as such c. 1747 (6) |
| JOSHUA | Moses's successor, victor of the Battle of Jericho (6) |
| EASTSUSSEX | County in the south of England, site of the Battle of Hastings in 1066 (4,6) |
| NELSON | Hero of the Battle of Trafalgar (6) |
| MONTANA | In which US state is the north entrance to Yellowstone National Park and the site of the Battle of the Little Big Horn, in which Custer was defeated? (7) |
| ROLAND | Casualty of the Battle of Roncesvalles |
| ROCHEFORT | Belgian city of Wallonia, close to the Ardennes, that was the site of the Battle of Bure during the Second World War (9) |
| ABOUKIRBAY | Site of the Battle of the Nile in which Nelson defeated the French (7,3) |
| SELLE | French river in Picardy that was the site of the battle between Julius Caesar and the Nervians in 57 BC as well as a 1918 battle in World War I |
| BOSWORTH | - Field; site of the battle of the Wars of the Roses where Richard III was killed with a halberd enabling Henry Tudor to be crowned as king (8) |
| BOSWORTHFIELD | The site of the battle in English history that ended the Wars of the Roses (8,5) |
| INVERNESS | Highland city that lies near the site of the Battle of Culloden of 1746 (9) |
| BRIDGWATER | Market town in Somerset near the site of the Battle of Sedgemoor (10) |
| LITTLEBIGHORN | Site of the battle in which the US 7th Cavalry were routed in 1876 (6,3,4) |
