25 June 2015

Crossword by Boffles

Conflict

 

Across

    7  Italian geographical feature Hannibal encountered (4,9)

    8  Glorious Sussex racecourse, slightly less glorious WW2 military operation (8)

    9  Tet Offensive battle (3)

  10  Borders are often treated thus after a war (7)

  12  Mission the scene of a famous last stand (5)

  14  It was the bow that won it (5)

  16  Napoleonic marshall faced by Wellington’s Lines of Torres Vedras (7)

  19  Famous sub-machine gun (4)

  20  Most castles have these defensive walls (8)

  22  Another Italian geographical feature which was bitterly contested (5,7)

 

Down

    1  Treaty organisation whose objetive is to safeguard the freedom and security of its members (4)

    2  Town where French troops suffered appalling casualties (6)

    3  In battle, you need soldiers with his qualities (7)

    4  Sporting conflicts can have five or seven players like this (1,4)

    5  A major battle in India and the turning point of the Japanese offensive (6)

    6  Crimean engagement (8)

  11  Ancient battle inspiring a run (8)

  13  Life saver if there is a phosgene attack (3,4)

  15  Unsuccessfully fought the waves (6)

  17  Decisive WW2 battle took place in his city (6)

  18  Scottish Robert who gave the English a beating (5)

  21  Scene of long struggle featured in poems by two pre-eminent classical authors