Bold army manoeuvres in part of Italy (8)
I believe the answer is:
lombardy
'part of italy' is the definition.
('Lombardy' is part of 'italy')
'bold army manoeuvres' is the wordplay.
'manoeuvres' indicates an anagram (letters manoeuvred in a new way).
'bold'+'army'='boldarmy'
'boldarmy' is an anagram of 'LOMBARDY'.
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for lombardy that I've seen before include "Italian region between Alps and the river Po" , "Italian region, capital Milan" , "Region of northern Italy" , "Great Italian plain between Alps and Po" , "Region around Milan" .)