Answer: battles

AnswerCrossword Clue
BATTLES

Skirmishes

BATTLES

Hostile encounters

BATTLES

Antietam and Gettysburg

BATTLES
Some campaigns
BATTLES
Goes up against
BATTLESFront page news from the world over.
BATTLESCombats.
BATTLESWaterloo, Trafalgar, etc.
BATTLESBunker Hill and Bull Run.
BATTLESVerdun and Vicksburg.
BATTLESCannae and Actium.
BATTLESAntietam, Vicksburg, etc.
BATTLESActium, Agincourt, Antietam, etc.
BATTLESHastings and Orleans.
BATTLESGrid immortal or melees
BATTLES...hip
BATTLESMuch of the "Iliad"
BATTLESMuch of military history