| DIENBIENPHU | Village in Vietnam that was scene of a major defeat of French forces by the Vietminh in 1954 (4,4,3) |
| HUE | Port in central Vietnam that was the former capital of the kingdom of Annam (3) |
| DIEN | ___ Bien Phu (site of a decisive Vietminh victory over French forces) |
| SEA | "Under the ___" (tour de force by the crab Sebastian in The Little Mermaid) |
| LEFT | Deserted the French force by junction (4) |
| DUGOUT | Small boat of French force is away (6) |
| CRECY | Village in France that was scene of a 1346 battle in the Hundred Years' War at which the English defeated the French (5) |
| CANNAE | Village in Italy that was scene of a victory by Hannibal over the Romans in 216 B.C. (6) |
| ELOBEID | City in the central Sudan that was scene of the defeat of a British and Egyptian army by the Mahdi in 1883 (2,5) |
| AISNE | River in N France that was scene of a major Allied offensive in 1918 (5) |
| GENDARMERIE | The French force plan, alienating a constructor before I intervened (11) |
| CAMOUFLAGED | Disguised from enemy forces by using protective coloration or clothing |
| ISSUS | Ancient town in Asia Minor that was scene of a 333 B.C. battle in which Alexander the Great defeated |
| ABERFAN | Welsh mining village, scene of a major disaster in 1966 caused by the collapse of a slag heap (7) |
| SPIONKOP | The British suffered a major defeat by the Boers in January 1900 at ___ ___ (5,3) |
| LUCKNOW | City in northern India. scene of a six-month siege of British forces by rebel sepoys in 1857 (7) |
| SEDAN | Town on the River Meuse that was scene of a 1940 World War II battle which began the German invasion |
| IWOJIMA | Island in the West Pacific that was scene of prolonged fighting between Japan and the US in the Second World War (3,4) |
| ELALAMEIN | Town west of Alexandria in N Egypt, scene of a major Allied victory over Axis forces in November 1942 (2,7) |
| VERDUN | Fortified town in north-eastern France that was scene of the longest battle in the First World War (6) |
