Battle of Danubyu
E354839
The Battle of Danubyu was a key 1825 engagement in the First Anglo-Burmese War, where British forces besieged and captured a strongly fortified Burmese position commanded by the renowned general Maha Bandula.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Danubyu canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3347470 — 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 Danubyu Context triple: [First Anglo-Burmese War, notableBattle, Battle of Danubyu]
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Battle of Yenangyaung
The Battle of Yenangyaung was a major World War II engagement in Burma in April 1942, where Allied forces, including British and Chinese troops, fought the Japanese in a critical struggle over the region’s vital oilfields.
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Battle of Sandepu
The Battle of Sandepu was a major land engagement of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905) in Manchuria, where Japanese and Russian forces clashed in harsh winter conditions shortly before the decisive Battle of Mukden.
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C.
Battle of Immae
The Battle of Immae was a 272 CE clash near Antioch in which the Palmyrene forces of Queen Zenobia, led by General Zabdas, were decisively defeated by the Roman emperor Aurelian, marking a key step in Rome’s reconquest of the eastern provinces.
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Battle of Lashio
The Battle of Lashio was a World War II clash in Burma in 1942, where Japanese forces captured the key town of Lashio, severing the Burma Road supply line to China.
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Battle of Peonnum
The Battle of Peonnum was an early medieval conflict in Anglo-Saxon England in which the Kingdom of Wessex fought to expand its territory, likely against neighboring British or rival Anglo-Saxon forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Danubyu Target entity description: The Battle of Danubyu was a key 1825 engagement in the First Anglo-Burmese War, where British forces besieged and captured a strongly fortified Burmese position commanded by the renowned general Maha Bandula.
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A.
Battle of Yenangyaung
The Battle of Yenangyaung was a major World War II engagement in Burma in April 1942, where Allied forces, including British and Chinese troops, fought the Japanese in a critical struggle over the region’s vital oilfields.
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B.
Battle of Sandepu
The Battle of Sandepu was a major land engagement of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905) in Manchuria, where Japanese and Russian forces clashed in harsh winter conditions shortly before the decisive Battle of Mukden.
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C.
Battle of Immae
The Battle of Immae was a 272 CE clash near Antioch in which the Palmyrene forces of Queen Zenobia, led by General Zabdas, were decisively defeated by the Roman emperor Aurelian, marking a key step in Rome’s reconquest of the eastern provinces.
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D.
Battle of Lashio
The Battle of Lashio was a World War II clash in Burma in 1942, where Japanese forces captured the key town of Lashio, severing the Burma Road supply line to China.
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E.
Battle of Peonnum
The Battle of Peonnum was an early medieval conflict in Anglo-Saxon England in which the Kingdom of Wessex fought to expand its territory, likely against neighboring British or rival Anglo-Saxon forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| armedForceInvolved |
British Army
ⓘ
Myanmar Army ⓘ
surface form:
Burmese Army
|
| belligerent |
British forces
ⓘ
Burmese forces ⓘ |
| combatant |
British East India Company forces
ⓘ
Myanmar Army ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Burmese Army
|
| commander | Maha Bandula ⓘ |
| conflict | First Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Kingdom of Ava
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| date | 1825 ⓘ |
| description | siege and capture of a strongly fortified Burmese position ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| followedBy | continued British advance in First Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ |
| location |
Myanmar
ⓘ
surface form:
Burma
Danubyu ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ |
| notableCommander | Maha Bandula ⓘ |
| notableFor | death of Burmese general Maha Bandula ⓘ |
| outcome | British forces captured Danubyu ⓘ |
| partOf |
First Anglo-Burmese War
ⓘ
surface form:
British conquest of Burma
First Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier British operations in the Irrawaddy delta ⓘ |
| result | British victory ⓘ |
| strategicSignificance | key engagement in British advance towards the Burmese capital ⓘ |
| theatre |
Sagaing Region, Myanmar
ⓘ
surface form:
Irrawaddy River region
|
| typeOfWarfare | siege ⓘ |
| year | 1825 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Danubyu Description of subject: The Battle of Danubyu was a key 1825 engagement in the First Anglo-Burmese War, where British forces besieged and captured a strongly fortified Burmese position commanded by the renowned general Maha Bandula.
Referenced by (2)
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