Battles of the Scarpe (1917)
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Battles of the Scarpe (1917) refers to a series of World War I engagements fought along the River Scarpe during the Arras offensive on the Western Front.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battles of the Scarpe (1917) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13328776 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Battles of the Scarpe (1917) Context triple: [Second Battle of the Scarpe (1917), partOfSeries, Battles of the Scarpe (1917)]
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Third Battle of the Scarpe (1917)
The Third Battle of the Scarpe (1917) was a World War I British offensive on the Western Front, fought in May 1917 as part of the larger Battle of Arras to push German forces back along the Scarpe River in northern France.
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Second Battle of the Scarpe (1917)
The Second Battle of the Scarpe (1917) was a World War I British-led offensive on the Western Front, fought in April 1917 as part of the larger Arras campaign to break German defensive lines in northern France.
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Battle of the Scarpe (1918)
The Battle of the Scarpe (1918) was a World War I Allied offensive on the Western Front, fought in August 1918 as part of the Hundred Days Offensive that helped drive German forces back and hasten the end of the war.
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First Battle of the Scarpe (1917)
The First Battle of the Scarpe (1917) was an early phase of the British-led Arras Offensive on the Western Front in World War I, marked by intense fighting around the River Scarpe in April 1917.
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Second Battle of the Scarpe
The Second Battle of the Scarpe was a World War I engagement in April 1917, part of the larger Battle of Arras on the Western Front between British-led forces and the German Army in northern France.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battles of the Scarpe (1917) Target entity description: Battles of the Scarpe (1917) refers to a series of World War I engagements fought along the River Scarpe during the Arras offensive on the Western Front.
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A.
Third Battle of the Scarpe (1917)
The Third Battle of the Scarpe (1917) was a World War I British offensive on the Western Front, fought in May 1917 as part of the larger Battle of Arras to push German forces back along the Scarpe River in northern France.
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Second Battle of the Scarpe (1917)
The Second Battle of the Scarpe (1917) was a World War I British-led offensive on the Western Front, fought in April 1917 as part of the larger Arras campaign to break German defensive lines in northern France.
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C.
Battle of the Scarpe (1918)
The Battle of the Scarpe (1918) was a World War I Allied offensive on the Western Front, fought in August 1918 as part of the Hundred Days Offensive that helped drive German forces back and hasten the end of the war.
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D.
First Battle of the Scarpe (1917)
The First Battle of the Scarpe (1917) was an early phase of the British-led Arras Offensive on the Western Front in World War I, marked by intense fighting around the River Scarpe in April 1917.
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E.
Second Battle of the Scarpe
The Second Battle of the Scarpe was a World War I engagement in April 1917, part of the larger Battle of Arras on the Western Front between British-led forces and the German Army in northern France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Western Front engagement
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World War I battle ⓘ battle ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Australia
NERFINISHED
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British Empire ⓘ Canada ⓘ Dominion of Newfoundland NERFINISHED ⓘ Germany ⓘ New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| campaign | Arras offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| casualties | heavy on both sides ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
British First Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
British Third Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| date | 1917 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1917-05-04 ⓘ |
| front | Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frontlineFeature | Hindenburg Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 1910s ⓘ |
| includes |
First Battle of the Scarpe (1917)
NERFINISHED
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Second Battle of the Scarpe (1917) NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Battle of the Scarpe (1917) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Arras
NERFINISHED
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France ⓘ Pas-de-Calais NERFINISHED ⓘ River Scarpe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryBranchInvolved |
British Army
NERFINISHED
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Canadian Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ German Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
heavy infantry casualties
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intensive artillery preparation ⓘ use of creeping barrage tactics ⓘ |
| objective |
to break through German defensive lines east of Arras
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to support the Nivelle Offensive ⓘ |
| opponent | German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy | German Sixth Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Battle of Arras (1917) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Battle of Vimy Ridge
NERFINISHED
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Nivelle Offensive NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
no decisive strategic breakthrough
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tactical Allied gains ⓘ |
| startDate | 1917-04-09 ⓘ |
| theatre | European theatre of World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battles of the Scarpe (1917) Description of subject: Battles of the Scarpe (1917) refers to a series of World War I engagements fought along the River Scarpe during the Arras offensive on the Western Front.
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