British capture of Île Bourbon (Réunion)
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The British capture of Île Bourbon (now Réunion) was a 1810 Royal Navy and army operation during the Napoleonic Wars that seized the French-held island in the Indian Ocean to weaken French privateering and secure regional sea lanes.
All labels observed (1)
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| British capture of Île Bourbon (Réunion) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22596825 — 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: British capture of Île Bourbon (Réunion) Context triple: [The Mauritius Command, historicalEventReferenced, British capture of Île Bourbon (Réunion)]
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A.
British capture of St. Eustatius
The British capture of St. Eustatius was a major 1781 naval and military operation in the Caribbean during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, in which British forces seized the Dutch island that had been a crucial hub for trade and supplies to the American revolutionaries.
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B.
British invasion of Isle de France in 1810
The British invasion of Isle de France in 1810 was a key Napoleonic Wars campaign in the Indian Ocean that resulted in the capture of the French-held island (now Mauritius) and the end of French naval dominance in the region.
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C.
Capture of Martinique (1762)
The Capture of Martinique (1762) was a British amphibious operation during the Seven Years' War in which British forces seized the French Caribbean island of Martinique, significantly weakening French colonial power in the region.
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D.
capture of Guadeloupe (1759)
The capture of Guadeloupe (1759) was a British amphibious operation during the Seven Years' War in which British forces seized the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, significantly weakening French colonial power.
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E.
British invasion of Guadeloupe (1794)
The British invasion of Guadeloupe (1794) was a campaign during the French Revolutionary Wars in which British forces temporarily seized the French Caribbean island before being expelled by a French counteroffensive.
- 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: British capture of Île Bourbon (Réunion) Target entity description: The British capture of Île Bourbon (now Réunion) was a 1810 Royal Navy and army operation during the Napoleonic Wars that seized the French-held island in the Indian Ocean to weaken French privateering and secure regional sea lanes.
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A.
British capture of St. Eustatius
The British capture of St. Eustatius was a major 1781 naval and military operation in the Caribbean during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, in which British forces seized the Dutch island that had been a crucial hub for trade and supplies to the American revolutionaries.
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B.
British invasion of Isle de France in 1810
The British invasion of Isle de France in 1810 was a key Napoleonic Wars campaign in the Indian Ocean that resulted in the capture of the French-held island (now Mauritius) and the end of French naval dominance in the region.
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C.
Capture of Martinique (1762)
The Capture of Martinique (1762) was a British amphibious operation during the Seven Years' War in which British forces seized the French Caribbean island of Martinique, significantly weakening French colonial power in the region.
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D.
capture of Guadeloupe (1759)
The capture of Guadeloupe (1759) was a British amphibious operation during the Seven Years' War in which British forces seized the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, significantly weakening French colonial power.
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E.
British invasion of Guadeloupe (1794)
The British invasion of Guadeloupe (1794) was a campaign during the French Revolutionary Wars in which British forces temporarily seized the French Caribbean island before being expelled by a French counteroffensive.
- F. None of above. chosen
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