| USHANT | Island off the coast of NW France which was scene of naval battles in 1778 and 1794 (6) |
| AISNE | River in N France which was scene of a major Allied offensive in 1918 (5) |
| MIDWAY | Battle of ---, naval battle that took place in the Pacific in June 1942 (6) |
| LEMANS | City in Sarthe, NW France, which hosts an annual motor race (2,4) |
| CAEN | Industrial city in NW France which is capital of Calvados department (4) |
| NARVIK | Port in N Norway that was scene of two naval battles in 1940 (6) |
| CANNAE | Village in Italy which was scene of a victory by Hannibal over the Romans in 216 BC (6) |
| ACTIUM | Promontory in western Greece off of which Octavian defeated Mark Antony in a naval battle in 31 BC (6) |
| LEPANTO | Port in Greece between the Gulfs of Corinth and Patras that was the scene of a 1571 naval battle in which the Turkish fleet was defeated by the fleets of the Holy League |
| ELOBEID | City in the central Sudan which was scene of the defeat of a British and Egyptian army by the Mahdi in 1883 (2,5) |
| SALAMIS | Island in the Saronic Gulf that was the scene of a naval battle in 480 BC in which the Greeks defeated the Persians |
| TRAFALGAR | Cape on the SW coast of Spain, south of Cadiz, that was the scene of a decisive naval battle in 1805 in which Nelson was mortally wounded |
| SMOLENSK | City in Russia on the Dnieper River which was scene of severe fighting in the Second World War (8) |
| REIMS | City in north east France which was the scene of the coronation of most French monarchs (5) |
| POLTAVA | City in Ukraine which was scene of the 1709 victory of Russia over Sweden (7) |
| SOMME | River in N. France which was the scene of heavy fighting in World War I (5) |
| JUTLAND | Which peninsula of Northern Europe was the site of a naval battle in 1916 between the British and German fleets? (7) |
| WHITESEA | Almost landlocked inlet of the Barents Sea on the coast of NW Russia (5,3) |
| AIXENPROVENCE | City and spa in S.E. France which was the medieval capital of Provence (3-2-8) |
| ARMENTIERES | Town in northern France which was site of battles in both World Wars (11) |
