| INCHON | Battle of ___ , decisive engagement of the Korean War in 1950 (6) |
| EDINGTON | Battle of __, decisive victory by Alfred the Great over the Danes in 878 (8) |
| SUMTER | The 1861 battle at Fort ___ was the opening engagement of the American Civil War (6) |
| TRUMAN | U.S. president during the Korean War of 1950-53 |
| BATTLE | Engagement of Abel perhaps, with race in the centre (6) |
| MACARTHUR | Douglas, U.S. general who led United Nations forces in the first months of the Korean War (9) |
| OSAN | Site of 50th-anniversary observance of the Korean War's first casualties |
| BULLRUN | First Battle of ?, first major engagement of the American Civil War, in July 1861 (4,3) |
| FORTSUMTER | The site of the first engagement of the American Civil War |
| SPIONKOP | Battle of --- ---, military engagement of the Second Boer War, fought in January 1900 (5,3) |
| HOME | 2012 novel by Toni Morrison which is about a young veteran of the Korean War |
| YALU | River of the Korean War |
| STEN | Arm of the Korean War |
| AUSTERLITZ | Decisive engagement during the Napoleonic Wars also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors (10) |
| BRANDYWINE | Battle of ___, engagement of the American Revolution fought on September 11, 1777 (10) |
| MESHING | Engagement of the teeth of gear wheels, so that one drives the other (7) |
| COURTCIRCULAR | A daily report of the activities and engagements of the sovereign (5,8) |
| UPTODATE | You texted "look at my other side" before romantic engagement of the moment (2-2-4) |
| REMATCH | Further engagement of the same contestants (7) |
| BATTLEOFBRITAIN | 1940 air engagement of World War II in which RAF Fighter Command defeated the German Luftwaffe (6,2,7) |