Counter Offensive

To launch an attack on an enemy that is attacking. 

Coronation

Ceremony held to crown a king or queen and/or their husband/wife.

Convent

A community of nuns, bound to a life of religious devotion.

Conscription

A compulsory enrollment of men for military or naval service; a draft

Confederate

A member of the confederate (southern) states of America.

Communication Trench

The communication trenches were used to move between the front and rear trenches. They were also used to transport injured men to the field hospitals.

Commander

The chief officer of a military unit. 

Colony

A country or region that is politically controlled by another distant country.

Colonise

To establish a colony, to settle.

Clergy

A member of the clergy is someone who has been ordained by a religious denomination. Eg vicar, priest