Battle of Wissembourg
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The Battle of Wissembourg was an 1870 engagement in the early stages of the Franco-Prussian War in which Prussian and German forces decisively defeated a smaller French corps, opening the way for further advances into France.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Wissembourg canonical | 2 |
| Battle of Saarbrücken | 1 |
| Battle of Wissembourg (1793) | 1 |
| Battle of Wissembourg (1870) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1183641 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Wissembourg Context triple: [Franco-Prussian War, majorBattle, Battle of Wissembourg]
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A.
Battle of Ziegenhain
The Battle of Ziegenhain was a minor engagement of the Seven Years' War in which Allied forces under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick clashed with French troops in Hesse.
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B.
Battle of Fraustadt
The Battle of Fraustadt was a major 1706 engagement of the Great Northern War in which a smaller Swedish force decisively defeated a much larger Saxon-Russian army, showcasing Sweden’s military prowess at its imperial height.
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C.
Battle of Krefeld
The Battle of Krefeld was a 1758 Seven Years' War engagement in which Allied forces under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick defeated the French army in western Germany.
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D.
Battle of Lauffeld
The Battle of Lauffeld was a 1747 engagement in present-day Belgium in which French forces under Marshal Maurice de Saxe defeated an allied British, Dutch, and Austrian army led by the Duke of Cumberland.
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E.
Battle of Valmy
The Battle of Valmy (1792) was a pivotal early clash of the French Revolutionary Wars in which French revolutionary forces halted a Prussian-led invasion, bolstering the survival of the Revolution and the legitimacy of the new French Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Wissembourg Target entity description: The Battle of Wissembourg was an 1870 engagement in the early stages of the Franco-Prussian War in which Prussian and German forces decisively defeated a smaller French corps, opening the way for further advances into France.
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A.
Battle of Ziegenhain
The Battle of Ziegenhain was a minor engagement of the Seven Years' War in which Allied forces under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick clashed with French troops in Hesse.
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B.
Battle of Fraustadt
The Battle of Fraustadt was a major 1706 engagement of the Great Northern War in which a smaller Swedish force decisively defeated a much larger Saxon-Russian army, showcasing Sweden’s military prowess at its imperial height.
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C.
Battle of Krefeld
The Battle of Krefeld was a 1758 Seven Years' War engagement in which Allied forces under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick defeated the French army in western Germany.
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D.
Battle of Lauffeld
The Battle of Lauffeld was a 1747 engagement in present-day Belgium in which French forces under Marshal Maurice de Saxe defeated an allied British, Dutch, and Austrian army led by the Duke of Cumberland.
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E.
Battle of Valmy
The Battle of Valmy (1792) was a pivotal early clash of the French Revolutionary Wars in which French revolutionary forces halted a Prussian-led invasion, bolstering the survival of the Revolution and the legitimacy of the new French Republic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Battle of Weissenburg ⓘ |
| belligerent |
North German Confederation
ⓘ
surface form:
German states of the North German Confederation
Grand Duchy of Baden ⓘ Kingdom of Bavaria ⓘ Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
Second Empire of France ⓘ
surface form:
Second French Empire
|
| campaign | opening campaign of the Franco-Prussian War ⓘ |
| commander |
Abel Douay
ⓘ
August von Werder ⓘ Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia ⓘ Jakob von Hartmann ⓘ |
| conflict | Franco-Prussian War ⓘ |
| countryAtTime |
Second Empire of France
ⓘ
surface form:
Second French Empire
|
| date | 1870-08-04 ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Battle of Spicheren
ⓘ
Battle of Wörth ⓘ |
| forceStrength |
French I Corps elements
ⓘ
German Third Army elements ⓘ |
| front |
Franco-German border
ⓘ
surface form:
Franco-German frontier in Alsace
|
| geographicalFeature | near the River Lauter ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Franco-Prussian War ⓘ |
| location |
Alsace
ⓘ
France ⓘ Wissembourg ⓘ |
| notableEvent | death of French General Abel Douay ⓘ |
| opponent |
French I Corps
ⓘ
German Third Army ⓘ |
| partOf | Franco-Prussian War ⓘ |
| precededBy | mobilization of French and German armies in 1870 ⓘ |
| result |
German victory
ⓘ
Prussian victory ⓘ |
| significance |
demonstrated German operational superiority at the start of the war
ⓘ
first major battle on the southern sector of the Franco-Prussian War ⓘ |
| strategicConsequence |
forced French withdrawal from the frontier
ⓘ
opened the way for German advance into northeastern France ⓘ |
| tacticalOutcome | decisive defeat of a smaller French force ⓘ |
| year | 1870 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Wissembourg Description of subject: The Battle of Wissembourg was an 1870 engagement in the early stages of the Franco-Prussian War in which Prussian and German forces decisively defeated a smaller French corps, opening the way for further advances into France.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Battle of Wissembourg (1793)
this entity surface form:
Battle of Saarbrücken
this entity surface form:
Battle of Wissembourg (1870)