Wellington’s 1812 Salamanca campaign
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Wellington’s 1812 Salamanca campaign was a major British-led offensive in the Peninsular War that broke French dominance in western Spain and paved the way for the liberation of Madrid.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Wellington’s 1812 Salamanca campaign canonical | 2 |
| Wellington’s 1812 campaign in northern Spain | 1 |
| Wellington’s 1812 campaign in the Peninsular War | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1691476 — 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: Wellington’s 1812 Salamanca campaign Context triple: [Battle of Salamanca, campaign, Wellington’s 1812 Salamanca campaign]
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Operations in the Peninsular War
Operations in the Peninsular War is a historical account of British naval and military actions during the Peninsular War, authored by Royal Navy officer Sir Edward Codrington.
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B.
Waterloo Campaign
The Waterloo Campaign was Napoleon Bonaparte’s final military campaign in 1815, culminating in his decisive defeat at the Battle of Waterloo and the end of his rule.
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C.
La batalla del Río de la Plata
La batalla del Río de la Plata fue un enfrentamiento naval de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, librado en 1939 frente a las costas de Uruguay entre el acorazado de bolsillo alemán Admiral Graf Spee y una escuadra británica.
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Walcheren Campaign
The Walcheren Campaign was a disastrous 1809 British military expedition to the Netherlands during the Napoleonic Wars, notorious for heavy losses to disease and its failure to achieve strategic objectives.
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British invasions of the Río de la Plata
The British invasions of the Río de la Plata were a series of failed early 19th-century British military campaigns against Spanish colonial territories in present-day Argentina and Uruguay, which helped spur local resistance and proto-independence movements.
- 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: Wellington’s 1812 Salamanca campaign Target entity description: Wellington’s 1812 Salamanca campaign was a major British-led offensive in the Peninsular War that broke French dominance in western Spain and paved the way for the liberation of Madrid.
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A.
Operations in the Peninsular War
Operations in the Peninsular War is a historical account of British naval and military actions during the Peninsular War, authored by Royal Navy officer Sir Edward Codrington.
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B.
Waterloo Campaign
The Waterloo Campaign was Napoleon Bonaparte’s final military campaign in 1815, culminating in his decisive defeat at the Battle of Waterloo and the end of his rule.
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C.
La batalla del Río de la Plata
La batalla del Río de la Plata fue un enfrentamiento naval de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, librado en 1939 frente a las costas de Uruguay entre el acorazado de bolsillo alemán Admiral Graf Spee y una escuadra británica.
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D.
Walcheren Campaign
The Walcheren Campaign was a disastrous 1809 British military expedition to the Netherlands during the Napoleonic Wars, notorious for heavy losses to disease and its failure to achieve strategic objectives.
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E.
British invasions of the Río de la Plata
The British invasions of the Río de la Plata were a series of failed early 19th-century British military campaigns against Spanish colonial territories in present-day Argentina and Uruguay, which helped spur local resistance and proto-independence movements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Wellington’s 1812 Salamanca campaign Description of subject: Wellington’s 1812 Salamanca campaign was a major British-led offensive in the Peninsular War that broke French dominance in western Spain and paved the way for the liberation of Madrid.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Wellington’s 1812 campaign in the Peninsular War
this entity surface form:
Wellington’s 1812 campaign in northern Spain