| SHREWSBURY | The location of one of England's bloodiest battles, fought in 1403, in which Henry 'Hotspur' Percy d |
| IWOJIMA | One of the bloodiest battles in the history of the U.S. Marine Corps (3,4) |
| SANE | Aware of the location of one's marbles? (4) |
| ANTIETAM | Site of the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War |
| LISSA | (Old name of) Adriatic island giving its name to two naval battles fought in 1811 and 1866 (5) |
| YPRES | Near which Belgian town were major battles fought in 1914, 1915 and 1917? (5) |
| HOTSPUR | Nickname of the English soldier Sir Henry Percy, killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403 (7) |
| MARTINPETERS | Scorer of one of England's goals in the 1966 World Cup Final (6,6) |
| PETERS | Martin ___, scorer of one of England's four goals in the 1966 World Cup Final |
| CENTRALPARK | Location of one of Cleopatra's Needles |
| BELOW | Traditional location of one of this puzzle's theme words |
| ABOVE | Traditional location of one of this puzzle's theme words |
| OTTERBURN | Village in Northumbedand near the scene of a moonlight battle fought in 1388 by the English under Sir Henry Percy and the Scottish under James, 2nd Earl of Douglas (9) |
| CHICKAMAUGA | The battle of ___ Creek, fought 18-20 September 1863, which was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War (11) |
| FLODDEN | Battle fought in Northumberland in 1513 in which James IV of Scotland was the last British monarch to die in battle (7) |
| ELALAMEIN | Site in Egypt of a battle fought in the Second World War which resulted in a decisive British victor |
| AGINCOURT | Scene of a 1415 battle in which Henry V's army defeated the French, anagram of RACING OUT (9) |
| WELLS | One of England's smallest cities; or, the author of science-fiction novels including The Time Machine, The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds (5) |
| FLODDENFIELD | Battle fought in 1513 between Scotland and England in which James IV died (7,5) |
| LEUCTRA | Village in Boeotia, Ancient Greece; scene of a battle fought in July, 371 BC |
