European nation capturing soldiers with a cry of discovery (6)
I believe the answer is:
eureka
'cry of discovery' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'european nation capturing soldiers with a' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'e' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'nation' becomes 'uk' (UK is an example).
'capturing' is an insertion indicator.
'soldiers with' becomes 're' (Royal Engineers. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.**).
'uk' placed around 're' is 'urek'.
'e'+'urek'+'a'='EUREKA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eureka that I've seen before include "Cry on a great discovery" , "Cry of joy on finding something" , "Exclamation of discovery by Archimedes" , "Shriek of discovery" , "'I've made a discovery!'" .)