Battle of Bullecourt (1917)
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The Battle of Bullecourt (1917) was a costly First World War engagement on the Western Front in which British and Australian forces attacked heavily fortified sections of the Hindenburg Line near the village of Bullecourt in France.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Bullecourt | 2 |
| Battle of Bullecourt (1917) canonical | 1 |
| First Battle of Bullecourt | 1 |
| Second Battle of Bullecourt | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2993722 — 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 Bullecourt (1917) Context triple: [Battle of Arras (1917), associatedBattle, Battle of Bullecourt (1917)]
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Battle of Neuve Chapelle
The Battle of Neuve Chapelle was a major early World War I offensive on the Western Front in March 1915, where British and Indian forces launched a concentrated attack against German positions in northern France.
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Battle of Polygon Wood
The Battle of Polygon Wood was a World War I engagement in 1917 in the Ypres Salient, where Australian and British forces advanced against German positions as part of the larger Third Battle of Ypres.
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Battle of Loos
The Battle of Loos was a major British offensive on the Western Front in 1915 during World War I, marked by the first large-scale British use of poison gas and heavy casualties for limited territorial gains.
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Third Battle of the Scarpe (1917)
The Third Battle of the Scarpe (1917) was a World War I British offensive on the Western Front, fought in May 1917 as part of the larger Battle of Arras to push German forces back along the Scarpe River in northern France.
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Battle of Messines (1917)
The Battle of Messines (1917) was a major First World War offensive by British-led forces near Ypres, notable for the massive detonation of mines beneath German lines that devastated enemy positions and paved the way for the subsequent Passchendaele campaign.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Battle of Bullecourt (1917) Target entity description: The Battle of Bullecourt (1917) was a costly First World War engagement on the Western Front in which British and Australian forces attacked heavily fortified sections of the Hindenburg Line near the village of Bullecourt in France.
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A.
Battle of Neuve Chapelle
The Battle of Neuve Chapelle was a major early World War I offensive on the Western Front in March 1915, where British and Indian forces launched a concentrated attack against German positions in northern France.
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B.
Battle of Polygon Wood
The Battle of Polygon Wood was a World War I engagement in 1917 in the Ypres Salient, where Australian and British forces advanced against German positions as part of the larger Third Battle of Ypres.
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C.
Battle of Loos
The Battle of Loos was a major British offensive on the Western Front in 1915 during World War I, marked by the first large-scale British use of poison gas and heavy casualties for limited territorial gains.
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D.
Third Battle of the Scarpe (1917)
The Third Battle of the Scarpe (1917) was a World War I British offensive on the Western Front, fought in May 1917 as part of the larger Battle of Arras to push German forces back along the Scarpe River in northern France.
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Battle of Messines (1917)
The Battle of Messines (1917) was a major First World War offensive by British-led forces near Ypres, notable for the massive detonation of mines beneath German lines that devastated enemy positions and paved the way for the subsequent Passchendaele campaign.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
First World War battle
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battle ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Bullecourt (1917)
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surface form:
First Battle of Bullecourt
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| associatedWith |
Australian military history
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British military history ⓘ Hindenburg Line ⓘ
surface form:
Hindenburg Line defensive system
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| belligerent |
Australia
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German Empire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| casualties |
heavy Allied casualties
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heavy German casualties ⓘ |
| category |
Battles of World War I involving Australia
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Battles of World War I involving Germany ⓘ Battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| combatant |
Australian Imperial Force
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British Army ⓘ |
| conflictIn |
Western Front
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surface form:
Western Front (World War I)
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| country | France ⓘ |
| date | 1917 ⓘ |
| defensiveWorks |
barbed wire entanglements
ⓘ
concrete bunkers ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| front | Western Front ⓘ |
| hasContext | stalemate on the Western Front ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 1910s ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Hindenburg Line ⓘ |
| location | Bullecourt, Pas-de-Calais, France ⓘ |
| militaryCampaign | British offensives in 1917 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
attacks on the Hindenburg Line
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heavy casualties ⓘ |
| opponent | German Army ⓘ |
| partOf |
Arras Offensive
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surface form:
Arras Offensive (1917)
World War I ⓘ
surface form:
First World War
battles involving Australia ⓘ battles involving Germany ⓘ battles involving the United Kingdom ⓘ Battle of the Hindenburg Line ⓘ
surface form:
battles of the Hindenburg Line
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| relatedTo |
Battle of Arras (1917)
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Battle of Bullecourt (1917) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Second Battle of Bullecourt
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| result | inconclusive ⓘ |
| strategicObjective | breach the Hindenburg Line ⓘ |
| terrain |
heavily fortified positions
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trench systems ⓘ |
| theatre | European theatre of World War I ⓘ |
| typeOfEngagement |
infantry assault
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trench warfare ⓘ |
| used |
artillery
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tanks ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Bullecourt (1917) Description of subject: The Battle of Bullecourt (1917) was a costly First World War engagement on the Western Front in which British and Australian forces attacked heavily fortified sections of the Hindenburg Line near the village of Bullecourt in France.
Referenced by (5)
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