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Mostly Battles Crossword Puzzle

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Answers in the main are the names of battles, largely of the 19th and 20th centuries with a few other topical words and names thrown into the mix.
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      1. Napoleon's last battle
      7. A weapon, or a D-Day beach
      9. An objective of Operation Market-Garden in 1944
      11. Where to set down a helicopter (abbrev.)
      13. Normandy town devastated in 1944
      14. Confederate general
      15. River where the 'Glorious Glosters' made a stand in 1951
      16. British army bridge builders (abbrev.)
      17. Tsar's edict
      18. Name given to conflict in 1881, and again in 1899-1902 (4, 3)
      21. Not down
      23. Major naval battle of WWI
      25. US Marines were besieged at ___ Sanh in 1968
      27. Use this to drink your rum ration
      28. Louis Riel surrendered after this 1885 battle
      30. Besieger of the Alamo, Santa ____
      31. Tribe defeated at Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811
      32. March 1915 battle, _____ Chapelle
      34. Ignited again
      35. Natal town besieged in 1899-1900
      39. Flak (abbrev.)
      40. Custer made this stand at the Little Big Horn
      41. Poet who immortalised the Light Brigade

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      2. Crimean river battle site
      3. Early engagement in South African War of 1899-1902, ______laagte
      4. Australian battle in Gallipoli Campaign: _____ Pine
      5. One grade of British award having both Military and Civil divisions (abbrev.)
      6. Luftwaffe's big day in August 1940: _____ Tag
      8. Subject of book by Dee Brown: _______ Knee
      10. Boer victory in 1881: _______ Hill
      12. Belgian port attacked on St George's Day 1918
      13. New Zealanders took this Gallipoli hill in 1915 (6, 4)
      19. Famous U.S. infantry division: The Big Red ____
      20. What the 'W' in the rank 'LAW' stands for
      22. Child in famous Vietnam War photo: Kim Phuc ____ Thi
      23. Texas defeated Mexico at San _______ in 1836
      24. German offensive in 1944: Battle of ___ ______ (3, 5)
      26. World War I 'Hospital City'
      29. Tunisian battle in 1943: Kasserine ____
      31. French town that fell to the Prussians in September 1870
      33. Confederacy's second capital's state (abbrev.)
      36. Leader of China's Long March
      37. British general associated with Gallipoli campaign: Sir ____ Hamilton
      38. Vietnamese colonial city, scene of fighting in 1968