| CHICKAMAUGA | The battle of ___ Creek, fought 18-20 September 1863, which was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War (11) |
| MOUNT | _ Street Bridge in Dublin was the scene of one of the bloodiest clashes of the Easter Rising. (5) |
| BOYDS | Battle of ___ Creek (1780 Tennessee fight) |
| RUB | Polish up (3) ACROSS: 1 Thwarts 5 Eases 8 Ad-lib 9 Reveals 10 Pastime 11 Shiny 12 Embeds 14 Fought 18 Adorn 20 Jobless 22 Gastric 23 Trite 24 Yummy 25 Sadness. |
| IWOJIMA | One of the bloodiest battles in the history of the U.S. Marine Corps (3,4) |
| ALMA | Crimean War battle fought on 20 September 1854 (4) |
| THETEMPEST | Play Greek character briefly: 1-20 September, roughly? (3,7) |
| ANTIETAM | Site of the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War |
| SPIELBERG | Steven ___ director of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial which was one of the highest grossing movies of the 1980s |
| ARK | Raiders of the Lost ___ 1981 adventure film which was one of the highest grossing movies of the 1980s |
| SOMME | With a loss of around 58,000 British troops, name of a First World War battle which was one of the b |
| FUTURE | Back to the ___ 1985 science fiction film which was one of the highest grossing movies of the 1980s |
| TOWTON | The Battle of ___ in the Wars of the Roses in March, 1461 was the largest battle ever fought in Engl |
| GUN | Top ___ 1986 action film which was one of the highest grossing movies of the 1980s |
| BEVERLY | ___ Hills Cop 1984 action comedy film which was one of the highest grossing movies of the 1980s |
| PHAROS | Large lighthouse such as that built on an island off Alexandria which was one of the Seven Wonders of the World |
| NORWICH | City which was one of the wealthiest in England in medieval times, thanks to the wool trade (7) |
| AUSTERLITZ | The battle of _(aka battle of the Three Emperors), fought on 2 December 1805; it was a great victory for Napoleon (10) |
| VIMY | The Battle of _ Ridge, part of the Battle of Arras during the First World War (4) |
| SHREWSBURY | The location of one of England's bloodiest battles, fought in 1403, in which Henry 'Hotspur' Percy d |
