| BUNKERHILL | Where the first major battle of the American Revolution was fought: 2 wds. |
| NEWZEALAND | Where the first major city to see January 1 is |
| MANASSAS | Independent city in NE Virginia nearby which were fought two Battles of Bull Run in the US Civil War |
| ACRE | Siege of -; lasting from 1189-91, the first major battle of the Third Crusade (4) |
| DUNBAR | Location of the first major battle of Oliver Cromwell's invasion of Scotland (1650) (6) |
| YORKTOWN | Site of the last major battle of the American Revolution in 1781, in SE Virginia south-east of Williamsburg (8) |
| 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) |
| SOMME | The Battle of the _, major battle of the First World War (5) |
| WOUNDEDKNEE | Site in South Dakota, US, of the last major battle of the Indian Wars in 1890 |
| INTUITION | "One of the many sad results of the Industrial Revolution was that we came to depend more than ever on the intellect, and to ignore the - with its symbolic thinking." Madeleine L'Engle, Walking on Wat |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| EDGEHILL | Fought in October, 1642, the first major pitched battle of the English Civil War (8) |
| CRECY | Which battle in Picardy was the first major English victory of the Hundred Years War? (5) |
| BRANDYWINE | Battle of ___, engagement of the American Revolution fought on September 11, 1777 (10) |
| SHILOH | The second great battle of the American Civil War (1862). |
| NASEBY | First major battle fought by the New Model Army |
