Famous Battles Or Campaigns

[sillysally5]

All answers are battles or campaigns
i.e. female metal worker = ladysmith

1. The backward priest is finished I hear - 6 letters
2. The loaf is overdone - 11 letters
3. Backing cry to value - 8 letters
4. Pester the church -7 letters
5. A grass heath - 9 letters
6. Gaming house - 7 letters

[sandyRoe]

5 Sedgemoor

[sandyRoe]

2 Bannockburn

[retrocop]

6 Cassino (Monte)

[TOMMO33]

1 Verdun

[TOMMO33]

3 Bosworth

[Captain2]

3 Bosworth

[retrocop]

Dunkirk?
Falkirk?
both 4

[Canary42]

4, Dunkirk

[sillysally5]

Thank you all very much.
I am confused with no 4. I can see pester can be irk but what does dunk have to do with the church ?
I have 3 more to finish my quiz if you can help.
1. Sounds like harvest time on the flyover - 8,6 letters. I think the second word is bridge.
2. Queen Anne's favourite lived here - 8 letters
3. Overhung the earth - 7 letters

Thank you all in anticipation x

[andypipwilly]

2)Bannockburn?

[aelmpvw]

dun = pester, kirk = church

[EdmundD]

Dun = persistently chase for payment

[sillysally5]

Thank you for explaining that aelmpvw ! I can see it now x

[aelmpvw]

overhung the earth = jutland

[bibblebub]

2: Blenheim

[scorpiojo]

Cropredy Bridge

[scorpiojo]

^1

[scorpiojo]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cropredy_Bridge

[aelmpvw]

Queen Anne's favourite lived here - Blenheim?