| ISSUS | Town in Asia Minor, scene of a battle in 333 BC in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians (5) |
| IPSUS | In 301 BC, which ancient village in central Asia Minor, in Phrygia, was the scene of a battle between the successors of Alexander the Great? (5) |
| SALAMIS | Island in the Saronic Gulf that was the scene of a naval battle in 480 BC in which the Greeks defeated the Persians |
| CAMBRAI | French town on the River Scheldt, scene of a battle in the First World War in which massed tanks were first used (7) |
| ACTIUM | Promontory in western Greece; scene of a battle in 31 BC at which Octavian defeated Mark Antony (6) |
| POITIERS | The site of a battle in 1356 in which Edward, the Black Prince, defeated the French (8) |
| FLODDEN | Hill in Northumberland, England, scene of a battle in 1513 at which James IV of Scotland was killed (7) |
| 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) |
| ASHDOWN | AEthelred and a young Alfred the Great defeated the Danes at the battle of ___ in AD 871 (7) |
| IWOJIMA | Pacific scene of a battle in which a well-known wartime photograph was taken |
| 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) |
| BELLEAU | --- Wood, forest in France, site of a battle in 1918 in which U.S. Marines halted a German advance (7) |
| LEUCTRA | Village in Boeotia, Ancient Greece; scene of a battle fought in July, 371 BC (7) |
| AMPHIPOLIS | Greek city in which Alexander the Great prepared to invade Asia |
| RONCESVALLES | Pyrenean scene of a battle in 778 (12) |
| ALAMO | US mission, scene of a battle in 1836 (5) |
| THERMOPYLAE | This pass was the scene of a battle between Persians and outnumbered Greeks |
| LEONIDAS | King of Sparta who fought the Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC); depicted by Gerard Butler in the 2006 film 300 (8) |
| ARISTIDES | Athenian general and statesman ('the Just') who commanded the victorious Greek army against the Persians at the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC (9) |
