| DIENBIENPHU | The result of which battle led to the French leaving Vietnam and its division into North and South? |
| BALAKLAVA | The 1854 charge of the Light Brigade was part of which battle in the Crimea? (9) |
| DAKOTA | Former US territory, now divided into North and South states (6) |
| SUDAN | Country that split into North and South in July 2011 |
| BREAKINGANDENTERING | Crime, the result of which ten in danger, perhaps? |
| CANTON | Footballer from France snubbed one of its divisions? (6) |
| HARRISON | His victory in an Indian battle led to his campaign slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" (#9, 1841) |
| LEAPINTHEDARK | Nocturnal jump, the results of which can't be foreseen (4,2,3,4) |
| INDEPENDENCE | What the battle led to, for 37 Across |
| SOLFERINO | Heavy French and Austrian casualties in this 1859 battle led Henry Dunant to found what became the Red Cross (9) |
| MOON | ____ Festival in China, Vietnam, and Taiwan gets its name because it coincides with the 15th day of the 8th lunar month |
| BRIDGEPARTNERS | Telford and Brunel in combined project to link North and South? (6,8) |
| SOMME | Effective at Cambrai in 1917, the tank had made its first battle appearance in which battle in September 1916? (5) |
| CRECY | Which battle in France in 1346 was the first major English victory of the Hundred Years War? (5) |
| DOUBTS | Mistrusts the French leaving for a short time during game of tennis (6) |
| CAISSON | French port with the French leaving boy in wagon (7) |
| CAROLINA | Which English colony founded in America in 1663 was divided into North and South in 1729? (8) |
| ABSCONDS | Does one sailor start to spot fish around north and south? |
| FIREALARM | As a result of which the brigade can go to blazes (4,5) |
| ISOBAR | Line on weather map as a result of which key is to check air for pollution (6) |
