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Siege, Sabotage and Sacrifice Crossword Puzzle

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War and battles have raged on this planet since prehistoric times. This small crossword is another in my November series, and lists a few of the conflicts. Don't forget to use Google! I hope you will enjoy it.
Author: windrush - Diff: Harder

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      1. French Emperor 1804-14, 1815, surname
      8. Generic domain suffix used by non-profit bodies
      9. Musical instrument used for signalling orders in battle
      11. Spitfire and Hurricane were powered by Rolls-__ Merlin engines
      12. Chief of Joint Operations, Australia 2011-2014, Lt. Gen. __ Power
      13. Angular distance north or south of equator, abbrev.
      14. Two battles in New Jersey 1776-77 in the Revolutionary War
      15. Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix was brought to Rome __, then executed
      17. Optimisation of sound field reproduction can use this, inits.
      19. Violent local clashes in Michigan, 1969, ;The Battle of __ Arbor'
      20. Aethelwulf King of Wessex defeated a Viking invasion here in CE 851
      22. Homer's epic poem on the Siege and fall of Troy
      23. Canadian factual adventure channel, inits.
      24. Alemanni people of East France, defeated by Clovis, now called __

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      2. Vlad the Impaler vs Mehmed II, __ Attack on Targoviste, 1462
      3. Battle fought in East Lothian, Scotland 21 September 1745, Jacobite Rising
      4. Siege in the Anglo-Zulu War, 1879, resulted in 11 Victoria Crosses (6,5)
      5. Document issued by a judge before trial, forces or prevents action for a specified time frame, inits
      6. Battle of Embabeh, July 1798 was fought in this country
      7. In 1936 Hitler re-occupied the __, defying the Treaty of Versailles, alt.
      9. Part of the Siege of Sevastopol, battle fought in October 1854
      10. Nation that has been involved in many battles, inits.
      16. Administrative centre of Clackmannanshire, Scotland
      17. This battle 23 Sept. 1918, together with Nablus was called the Battle of Megiddo
      18. Japanese cartoon made specifically for the internet, inits.
      21. Arch., cloth measurement, about 45 inches