| PLAINSOFABRAHAM | Site of an important British victory during the Seven Years' War in Canada in 1759 (6,2,7) |
| CHURCHILL | A keen bricklayer who painted Bottlescape, Mallows, Study of Roses, Tapestries at Blenheim and View from Chartwell and served twice as prime minister, leading Britain to victory during the Second Worl |
| CATTERICK | North Yorkshire village, the site of an important British Army garrison (9) |
| PLAINSOF | Field between central Quebec City and the St Lawrence River, Canada; site of a 1759 British victory in the Seven Years" War (6,2,7) |
| ABRAHAM | Field between central Quebec City and the St Lawrence River, Canada; site of a 1759 British victory in the Seven Years" War (6,2,7) |
| MINDEN | City in North Rhine-Westphalia on the River Weser, scene of a 1759 battle during the Seven Years' War (6) |
| FIGHTFORBRITAIN | What General Wolfe's soldiers would do in the Battle of Quebec in 1759: 3 wds. |
| PRUSSIA | Ally of Britain during the Seven Years' War |
| PITT | British P.M. during the Seven Years' War |
| ANSON | Admiral George ___, whose reforms of the British navy contributed to its success in the Seven Years' War of 1756- 63 (5) |
| ROSETTA | Historical name of the N Egyptian town of Rashid, site of an important archaeological find in 1799 (7) |
| AMHERST | Jeffrey ?, British Commander-in-Chief, North America from 1758-63 who fought in the Seven Years' War |
| MARQUIS | ____ of Granby, pub name deriving from an English military leader in the Seven Years' War (7) |
| ELALAMEIN | Which town in Egypt was the site of the decisive British victory over the German Afrika Korps in October 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) |
| BREST | Port in Brittany, site of an important harbour and military port (5) |
| GUINNESS | Founder in 1759 of a brewery specialising in Irish dry stout; or, an actor who starred in The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia (8) |
| JAMESWOLFE | British general who died in the hour of victory when capturing Quebec from the French in 1759 |
| WESTPHALIA | Peace of ___ , series of treaties that ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648 (10) |
| WOLFE | General James ____ died in the hour of victory, over the French at Quebec in 1759 |
