| CDII | Year of the Battle of Pollentia |
| WORMS | Invertebrate animals having soft, long bodies; a new cave variety was found in the Bay of Alcudia, Mallorca last year and given the scientific name of Pollentia perezi (5) |
| ROMAN | Empire lasting from 27BC to 476AD, there are many remains of this era in Mallorca including Pollentia (5) |
| ALAIN | Parachutist with the French Marines in Indochina at the time of the battle of Dien Bien Phu, he became one of the best known faces of French cinema, ... Delon |
| VIMY | The Battle of --- Ridge, part of the Battle of Arras during the First World War (4) |
| ROCHEFORT | Belgian city of Wallonia, close to the Ardennes, that was the site of the Battle of Bure during the Second World War (9) |
| BOSWORTH | - Field; site of the battle of the Wars of the Roses where Richard III was killed with a halberd enabling Henry Tudor to be crowned as king (8) |
| PITCHER | Molly ___, nickname of the legendary heroine of the battle of Monmouth during the American Revolutionary War (7) |
| ONTARIO | Locale of the Battle of Stoney Creek in the War of 1812 |
| RICAURTE | Antonio ___, patriot remembered as the martyr of the Battle of San Mateo, mentioned in the last vers |
| ABOUKIRBAY | Site of the Battle of the Nile in which Nelson defeated the French (7,3) |
| GRETNA | Small town in the south-west (pop about 3,000), near the site of the Battle of Sark (1448) |
| EASTSUSSEX | County in the south of England; site of The Battle of Hastings (4,6) |
| WATSONWATT | Depicted in Castles in the Sky, physicist who developed a radar that was pivotal in the allied victory of the Battle of Britain (6-4) |
| INVERNESS | Highland city that lies near the site of the Battle of Culloden of 1746 (9) |
| RIVERISE | Tributary of the Nene, rising in a field that was part of the Battle of Naseby (5,3) |
| LEONIDAS | King of Sparta, hero of the Battle of Thermopylae (8) |
| JACKDEMSEYY | Loser of The Battle of the Long Count. (4,7) |
| GENETUNNEY | Winner of The Battle of the Long Count. (4,6) |
| ARDENNES | Location of the Battle of the Bulge in WWII (8) |
