| FRAGA | Town in Aragon, Spain, the site of a battle in 1134 (5) |
| DINGO | PlusWord No 1134 |
| LEWES | County town of East Sussex near the site of a battle in which the younger Simon de Montfort defeated Henry III in May, 1264 (5) |
| FRUIN | Glen beside Loch Lomond that was the site of a battle in 1603 (5) |
| ISSUS | Town in Asia Minor, scene of a battle in 333 BC in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians (5) |
| ALAMO | Site of a battle in the Texas Revolution |
| ROUND | Part of a battle in the circled place |
| BOYNE | Irish river which was the site of a battle between King James II and King William III in 1690 (5) |
| TAGUS | River that rises in Aragon in Spain and flows to the Atlantic at Lisbon (5) |
| ALTON | A battle in this Hampshire town on 13 December 1643 was a victory for the parliamentarians over the royalists (5) |
| MALDON | Market town on the Blackwater estuary in Essex noted for salt that was the site of a battle in 991 described in an Old English poem (6) |
| EASTCAPE | What is the easternmost point on the North Island of New Zealand, the site of a battle in the 1865 Maori Wars? (4,4) |
| SOMME | A French river, and a battle in both world wars (5) |
| POITIERS | The site of a battle in 1356 in which Edward, the Black Prince, defeated the French (8) |
| AUSTERLITZ | Town now in the Czech Republic, site of a battle in 1805 (10) |
| ELEMI | In Spain, the old record company will produce looked-up-to Philippines native (5) |
| GABLE | Butler's real name? In Spain the reserve gets overturned (5) |
| ELMER | In Spain the French's main man (5) |
| AQABA | Setting for a battle in "Lawrence of Arabia" |
| BELLEAU | --- Wood, forest in France, site of a battle in 1918 in which U.S. Marines halted a German advance (7) |