| NAVARINO | Sea battle of 1827 in the Greek War of Independence (8) |
| NELSON | British naval commander, shot and killed by a French sniper during a famous sea battle of 1805 (6) |
| YACHTRACES | Sea battles of a sort |
| BY | Which celebrated English poet died during the Greek War of Independence? (5) |
| MESSOLONGHI | Town which, during the Greek War of Independence, suffered a year-long siege from April 1825 (11) |
| SARATOGA | Site of 1777 battle in the American War of Independence (8) |
| YORKTOWN | Major battle of the American War of Independence (8) |
| OSHAKATI | Namibian city was used as a base of operations by the South African Defence Force during the South African Border War and Namibian War of Independence |
| SCHUYLER | Philip -- (1733-1804), American general in the American War of Independence (8) |
| NAUMACHY | Refusal to include pollarded tree in mock sea battle (8) |
| REDCOATS | British soldiers during the American War of Independence (8) |
| AMIRACLE | John Ferling's historical book which explores America's victory in the War of Independence, Almost ... (1,7) |
| TOMBARRY | Whose War of Independence memoirs are entitled Guerrilla Days in Ireland? (3,5) |
| LLANEROS | Fighters on horseback in the Spanish American Wars of Independence |
| ACHILLES | Greek war hero unwell, beset by pains |
| NEAREST | Closest to getting the Greek war god in the mesh (7) |
| KEBLE | John ?, a leader of the Oxford Movement and author of 1827 volume of poetry The Christian Year |
| KLEPHT | A Greek resistance fighter following the Turkish conquest of the 15th century or during the 19th-century war of independence; subsequently, a mountain-dwelling brigand (6) |
| CORNWALLIS | Charles, one of the leading British generals in the American War of Independence (10) |
| BLOODYSUNDAY | Day of violence in Dublin in November 1920, during the War of Independence (6,6) |
