Beer lifted injured in battle (2,7)

I believe the answer is:

el alamein

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'battle' is the definition.
(Second World War battle)

'beer lifted injured in' is the wordplay.
'beer' becomes 'ale' (type of beer).
'lifted' says the letters should be written in reverse (going up in down clue).
'injured' becomes 'lame' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ale' reversed gives 'ela'.
'ela'+'lame'+'in'='EL ALAMEIN'

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(Other definitions for el alamein that I've seen before include "North African World War two battle" , "victory" , "Place in Egypt where Montgomery defeated Rommel" , "WWII battle" , "North African WW2 battle site" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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