| BUNKERHILL | Site of the first major battle of the American Revolution in 1775: 2 wds. |
| DUNBAR | Location of the first major battle of Oliver Cromwell's invasion of Scotland (1650) (6) |
| BENEDICTARNOLD | General in the American Revolution who failed in his calamitous attempt to capture Quebec City in 1775: 2 wds. |
| TAXATION | "No ___ without representation": slogan that originated in the lead-up to the American Revolution in 1775 (8) |
| YORKTOWN | Site of the last major battle of the American Revolution in 1781, in SE Virginia south-east of Williamsburg (8) |
| PAULREVERE | Horseback rider of April 18, 1775: 2 wds. |
| ACRE | Siege of -; lasting from 1189-91, the first major battle of the Third Crusade (4) |
| BULLRUN | First major battle of the Civil War, also known as "Manassas": 2 wds. |
| COLENSO | First major battle of the Boer War in 1899 (7) |
| WOUNDEDKNEE | Site in South Dakota, US, of the last major battle of the Indian Wars in 1890 |
| SOMME | The Battle of the _, major battle of the First World War (5) |
| LEXINGTON | In 1775 it was the scene of the first battle in War of American Independence (9) |
| MONS | First major battle of World War I (4) |
| CANNAE | Major battle of the second Punic War where Hannibal defeated eight Roman legions in 216 BC (6) |
| BATAAN | City in the Philippines, site of a major battle of 1942 (6) |
| YPRES | Belgian town, once a prosperous textile centre, site of major battles of the First World War (5) |
| ANTIETAM | Site of the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War |
| CRECY | Which battle in France in 1346 was the first major English victory of the Hundred Years War? (5) |
| EVESHAM | This town in Worcestershire was the location of the last major battle in the Barons' War (1265) |
| PITCAIRN | Major John, Scottish marine officer killed in action at the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775 (8) |
