Battle of Bridport
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The Battle of Bridport was a skirmish in 1685 during the Monmouth Rebellion in Dorset, England, where rebel forces clashed with royal troops in the lead-up to the rebellion’s decisive defeat.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Bridport canonical | 2 |
| Battle of Bridport (1685) | 2 |
| Battle of Axminster | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Battle of Bridport Context triple: [Battle of Sedgemoor, precededBy, Battle of Bridport]
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Battle of Langport
The Battle of Langport was a decisive 1645 engagement in the First English Civil War in which Parliamentarian forces under the New Model Army defeated Royalist troops, helping to secure Parliament’s military dominance.
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St James's Day Battle
The St James's Day Battle was a major naval engagement of the Second Anglo-Dutch War in 1666, in which the English fleet defeated the Dutch in one of the conflict’s largest sea battles.
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Battle of Bloody Brook
The Battle of Bloody Brook was a 1675 ambush during King Philip’s War in which Native American forces decimated a colonial militia escorting a grain convoy near present-day South Deerfield, Massachusetts.
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Battle of Ashdown
The Battle of Ashdown was a key 9th-century engagement in which the future King Alfred the Great helped secure a crucial victory for the Anglo-Saxons against Viking invaders.
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Battle of Medway
The Battle of Medway was a daring 1667 Dutch naval attack on the English fleet at its home anchorage on the River Medway, resulting in one of England’s most devastating maritime defeats.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Battle of Bridport Target entity description: The Battle of Bridport was a skirmish in 1685 during the Monmouth Rebellion in Dorset, England, where rebel forces clashed with royal troops in the lead-up to the rebellion’s decisive defeat.
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A.
Battle of Langport
The Battle of Langport was a decisive 1645 engagement in the First English Civil War in which Parliamentarian forces under the New Model Army defeated Royalist troops, helping to secure Parliament’s military dominance.
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B.
St James's Day Battle
The St James's Day Battle was a major naval engagement of the Second Anglo-Dutch War in 1666, in which the English fleet defeated the Dutch in one of the conflict’s largest sea battles.
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C.
Battle of Bloody Brook
The Battle of Bloody Brook was a 1675 ambush during King Philip’s War in which Native American forces decimated a colonial militia escorting a grain convoy near present-day South Deerfield, Massachusetts.
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D.
Battle of Ashdown
The Battle of Ashdown was a key 9th-century engagement in which the future King Alfred the Great helped secure a crucial victory for the Anglo-Saxons against Viking invaders.
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E.
Battle of Medway
The Battle of Medway was a daring 1667 Dutch naval attack on the English fleet at its home anchorage on the River Medway, resulting in one of England’s most devastating maritime defeats.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
James II of England
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James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth ⓘ |
| combatant |
Monmouth rebel forces
ⓘ
royalist government troops ⓘ |
| conflict | Monmouth Rebellion ⓘ |
| conflictType | civil conflict within England ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| date | 1685 ⓘ |
| describedAs | skirmish in the Monmouth Rebellion ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of Sedgemoor ⓘ |
| hasCause | Monmouth Rebellion ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Bridport
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Dorset ⓘ England ⓘ |
| historicalEra | 17th century ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Stuart England ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeBefore | Battle of Sedgemoor ⓘ |
| militaryTheater |
Monmouth Rebellion
ⓘ
surface form:
West Country campaign of the Monmouth Rebellion
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| natureOfConflict | skirmish ⓘ |
| partOf | Monmouth Rebellion ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | engagements of the Monmouth Rebellion ⓘ |
| pointInTime | 1685 ⓘ |
| precededBy | initial uprisings of the Monmouth Rebellion ⓘ |
| result | royalist tactical advantage ⓘ |
| side |
English royal government
ⓘ
Monmouth Rebellion ⓘ
surface form:
Monmouth rebels
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| significance | engagement in the lead-up to the decisive defeat of the Monmouth Rebellion ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Bridport Description of subject: The Battle of Bridport was a skirmish in 1685 during the Monmouth Rebellion in Dorset, England, where rebel forces clashed with royal troops in the lead-up to the rebellion’s decisive defeat.
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