| ELOBEID | City in the central Sudan that was scene of the defeat of a British and Egyptian army by the Mahdi i |
| OMDURMAN | City in the Sudan that was the scene of an 1898 victory for Lord Kitchener's forces |
| DIENBIENPHU | Village in Vietnam that was scene of a major defeat of French forces by the Vietminh in 1954 (4,4,3) |
| SEDGEMOOR | A low-lying plain in Central Somerset, scene of the defeat of the Duke of Monmouth in 1685 (9) |
| IWOJIMA | Island in the West Pacific that was scene of prolonged fighting between Japan and the US in the Second World War (3,4) |
| VERDUN | Fortified town in north-eastern France that was scene of the longest battle in the First World War (6) |
| CANNAE | Village in Italy that was scene of a victory by Hannibal over the Romans in 216 B.C. (6) |
| PYLOS | Port in Greece that was scene of the Battle of Navarino in 1827 (5) |
| USHANT | Island off the coast of NW France that was scene of naval battles in 1778 and 1794 (6) |
| ISSUS | Ancient town in Asia Minor that was scene of a 333 B.C. battle in which Alexander the Great defeated |
| SMOLENSK | City in Russia on the Dnieper River that was scene of severe fighting in World War II (8) |
| UTRECHT | City in the central Netherlands; scene of the signing of the Union of --- (1579) |
| KHARTOUM | Sudanese city where General Gordon met a sticky end in the 1880s at the hand of the Mahdi and his fo |
| SUDAN | African state that, led by the religious leader known as The Mahdi, fought Egyptian/British control in the late 19th century (5) |
| 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) |
| SEDAN | Town on the River Meuse that was scene of a 1940 World War II battle which began the German invasion |
| MARNE | River in NE France that was scene of two unsuccessful German offensives in 1914 and 1918 (5) |
| 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) |
| KRAKOW | Polish city that, according legend, was founded on the defeat of a dragon (6) |
