| AISNE | River in N.E. France, scene of a major Allied offensive in 1918 (5) |
| SEDAN | Town in N.E. France on the River Meuse, scene of a 1940 battle in World War II (5) |
| NANCY | City in N.E. France which became capital of the dukes of Lorraine in the 12c (5) |
| REIMS | City in N.E. France used for the coronation of most French monarchs (5) |
| SOMME | River of northeast France, scene of a battle of World War I (5) |
| CRECY | Village in France; scene of a 1346 victory by the English in the Hundred Years' War (5) |
| GUADALCANAL | One of the Solomon Islands noted as the site of a major Allied offensive against Japan in 1942-43 (11) |
| KURSK | City in west Russia; scene of a major Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1943 (5) |
| TIMEX | Owner of the Dundee plant which closed after 47 years in 1993, scene of a major industrial dispute (5) |
| ELALAMEIN | Town west of Alexandria in N Egypt, scene of a major Allied victory over Axis forces in November 1942 (2,7) |
| STRASBOURG | City in N.E. France, seat of the Council of Europe (10) |
| TROYES | Industrial city in N.E. France that became prosperous through its great fairs in the Middle Ages (6) |
| DIENBIENPHU | City in NW Vietnam; scene of a major defeat of French forces by the Vietminh in 1954 |
| ABERFAN | Welsh mining village, scene of a major disaster in 1966 caused by the collapse of a slag heap (7) |
| POTTERSBAR | Town in Hertfordshire; scene of a major railway accident in 2002 |
| ORD | River in N.E. Western Australia rising on the Kimberley Plateau and flowing to the Timor Sea (3) |
| NAIROBI | In which city is the Westgate shopping mall, scene of a major terrorist attack last September? (7) |
| JUTLAND | Danish peninsula, scene of a major naval battle of WWI (7) |
| ALSACE | Region and former province of N.E. France between the Rhine and the Vosges (6) |
| NILE | River in N.E. Africa (4) |
