Battle of Ramillies
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The Battle of Ramillies (1706) was a major Allied victory led by the Duke of Marlborough against French and Bavarian forces, significantly shifting the balance of power in the War of the Spanish Succession.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Ramillies canonical | 19 |
| Battle of Ramillies (1706) | 2 |
| 1706 Flanders campaign | 1 |
| Battle of Ramillies-Offus | 1 |
| victory at the Battle of Ramillies | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T26096 — 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.
Target entity: Battle of Ramillies Context triple: [War of the Spanish Succession, significantEvent, Battle of Ramillies]
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Battle of Blenheim
The Battle of Blenheim was a major 1704 victory for the Grand Alliance over France and Bavaria that marked a turning point in the War of the Spanish Succession.
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Battle of Hel
The Battle of Hel was a World War II engagement in which Polish forces defended the Hel Peninsula against German attacks during the 1939 campaign in Poland.
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C.
Battle of Kollaa
The Battle of Kollaa was a notable engagement of the Winter War in which vastly outnumbered Finnish forces successfully held defensive positions against repeated Soviet assaults in eastern Finland.
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Battle of Summa
The Battle of Summa was a major World War II engagement during the Winter War in which Finnish forces mounted a key defense against the Soviet Red Army along the Mannerheim Line in December 1939–February 1940.
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E.
Battle of Lagos
The Battle of Lagos was a 1759 naval engagement in which the British fleet decisively defeated the French off the coast of Portugal, helping secure British control of the seas during the Seven Years' War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Battle of Ramillies Target entity description: The Battle of Ramillies (1706) was a major Allied victory led by the Duke of Marlborough against French and Bavarian forces, significantly shifting the balance of power in the War of the Spanish Succession.
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A.
Battle of Blenheim
The Battle of Blenheim was a major 1704 victory for the Grand Alliance over France and Bavaria that marked a turning point in the War of the Spanish Succession.
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B.
Battle of Hel
The Battle of Hel was a World War II engagement in which Polish forces defended the Hel Peninsula against German attacks during the 1939 campaign in Poland.
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C.
Battle of Kollaa
The Battle of Kollaa was a notable engagement of the Winter War in which vastly outnumbered Finnish forces successfully held defensive positions against repeated Soviet assaults in eastern Finland.
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D.
Battle of Summa
The Battle of Summa was a major World War II engagement during the Winter War in which Finnish forces mounted a key defense against the Soviet Red Army along the Mannerheim Line in December 1939–February 1940.
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E.
Battle of Lagos
The Battle of Lagos was a 1759 naval engagement in which the British fleet decisively defeated the French off the coast of Portugal, helping secure British control of the seas during the Seven Years' War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military conflict ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Ramillies
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surface form:
Battle of Ramillies-Offus
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| belligerent |
Dutch Republic
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Electorate of Bavaria ⓘ Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
surface form:
Electorate of Hanover
Grand Alliance ⓘ Holy Roman Empire ⓘ Kingdom of England ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
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| campaign |
Battle of Ramillies
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
1706 Flanders campaign
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| capturedGuns | over 50 artillery pieces (approximate) ⓘ |
| capturedPrisoners | over 7,000 Franco-Bavarian prisoners (approximate) ⓘ |
| capturedStandardsAndColors | over 50 standards and colors (approximate) ⓘ |
| casualtiesAndLosses |
around 3,600 Allied killed and wounded (approximate)
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over 13,000 Franco-Bavarian killed and wounded (approximate) ⓘ |
| commander |
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
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Marshal François de Neufville, Duke of Villeroi ⓘ Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | battle honour "Ramillies" in several British Army regiments ⓘ |
| conflict | War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ |
| countryAtTime |
Habsburg Netherlands
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surface form:
Spanish Netherlands
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| date | 1706-05-23 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Allied capture of Antwerp
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Allied capture of Bruges ⓘ Allied capture of Brussels ⓘ Allied capture of Ghent ⓘ Allied capture of Ostend ⓘ |
| front |
War of the Spanish Succession
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surface form:
Western Front of the War of the Spanish Succession
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| historicalSignificance | considered one of Marlborough's greatest victories ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Ramillies
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surface form:
village of Ramillies
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| notableCommanderSide |
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough
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surface form:
Duke of Marlborough for the Allies
Duke of Villeroi for France ⓘ |
| notableTactic |
decisive cavalry charge on French left
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feigned attack on French right to draw reserves ⓘ |
| partOf | War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ |
| place | Ramillies ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Blenheim ⓘ |
| presentDayLocation | Belgium ⓘ |
| result | Allied victory ⓘ |
| strategicEffect |
severely weakened French military position in the Spanish Netherlands
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shifted balance of power in favor of the Grand Alliance in the Low Countries ⓘ |
| strength |
approximately 60,000 Franco-Bavarian troops
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approximately 62,000 Allied troops ⓘ |
| theatre | Flanders ⓘ |
| year | 1706 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Ramillies Description of subject: The Battle of Ramillies (1706) was a major Allied victory led by the Duke of Marlborough against French and Bavarian forces, significantly shifting the balance of power in the War of the Spanish Succession.
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