Possible Clues:

• Vigorous scuffle or struggle
• Central to British American deal to lose a fight
• Wrestle, scuffle
• Struggle like wrestling bout
• Sharp struggle
• You'll have a fight to break the lute around the ship
• Struggle or wrestling match
• Scuffle, wrestle
• Disturbed lest America should enter struggle
• Let's us scarp for a change