| ELOBEID | City in central Sudan which was scene of the defeat of a British and Egyptian army by the Mahdi in 1883 (2,5) |
| OMDURMAN | City in the central Sudan which was scene of an 1898 battle (8) |
| SEDGEMOOR | A low-lying plain in Central Somerset, scene of the defeat of the Duke of Monmouth in 1685 (9) |
| CANNAE | Village in Italy which was scene of a victory by Hannibal over the Romans in 216 BC (6) |
| SMOLENSK | City in Russia on the Dnieper River which was scene of severe fighting in the Second World War (8) |
| DIENBIENPHU | Village in Vietnam that was scene of a major defeat of French forces by the Vietminh in 1954 (4,4,3) |
| ELIZABETHI | Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn's daughter whose reign as the last Tudor monarch saw the defeat of the Spanish Armada and execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (9,1) |
| POLTAVA | City in Ukraine which was scene of the 1709 victory of Russia over Sweden (7) |
| USHANT | Island off the coast of NW France which was scene of naval battles in 1778 and 1794 (6) |
| KHARTOUM | Sudanese city where General Gordon met a sticky end in the 1880s at the hand of the Mahdi and his fo |
| BRIAN | King of Ireland killed during the defeat of the Danes at the battle of Clontarf in 1014 (5,4) |
| BORU | King of Ireland killed during the defeat of the Danes at the battle of Clontarf in 1014 (5,4) |
| SUDAN | African state that, led by the religious leader known as The Mahdi, fought Egyptian/British control in the late 19th century (5) |
| KHYBER | The ... Pass through the Hindu Kush range was scene of bitter fighting between the British and Afghans from 1878-80 (6) |
| FROBISHER | Sir Martin, the maritime explorer who played a major role in the defeat of the Spanish Armada (9) |
| KRAKOW | Polish city that, according legend, was founded on the defeat of a dragon (6) |
| AISNE | River in N France which was scene of a major Allied offensive in 1918 (5) |
| PLATAEA | A defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks in 479 BC. |
| VERDUN | Fortified town in north-eastern France that was scene of the longest battle in the First World War (6) |
| ISSUS | Ancient town in Asia Minor that was scene of a 333 B.C. battle in which Alexander the Great defeated |
