Battle of Wavre
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The Battle of Wavre was the final engagement of the Waterloo campaign in June 1815, in which Prussian forces held off Marshal Grouchy’s French troops, enabling Blücher to support Wellington at Waterloo and sealing Napoleon’s defeat.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Wavre canonical | 13 |
| Bataille de Wavre | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T341604 — 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 Wavre Context triple: [Hundred Days, significantBattle, Battle of Wavre]
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Battle of Jemappes
The Battle of Jemappes was a major 1792 French Revolutionary victory over Austrian forces in present-day Belgium that helped secure French control of the Austrian Netherlands early in the wars.
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B.
Battle of Ligny
The Battle of Ligny was Napoleon Bonaparte’s last battlefield victory, fought on 16 June 1815 in present-day Belgium against Prussian forces shortly before his final defeat at Waterloo.
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C.
Battle of Oudenarde
The Battle of Oudenarde was a major 1708 victory for the Grand Alliance over France during the War of the Spanish Succession, helping to shift the balance of power in favor of the Allies.
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D.
Battle of Valmy
The Battle of Valmy (1792) was a pivotal early clash of the French Revolutionary Wars in which French revolutionary forces halted a Prussian-led invasion, bolstering the survival of the Revolution and the legitimacy of the new French Republic.
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E.
Battle of Quatre Bras
The Battle of Quatre Bras was an 1815 engagement in present-day Belgium where Anglo-Allied forces under the Duke of Wellington checked Marshal Ney’s French army two days before Waterloo, helping to thwart Napoleon’s final campaign.
- 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: Battle of Wavre Target entity description: The Battle of Wavre was the final engagement of the Waterloo campaign in June 1815, in which Prussian forces held off Marshal Grouchy’s French troops, enabling Blücher to support Wellington at Waterloo and sealing Napoleon’s defeat.
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A.
Battle of Jemappes
The Battle of Jemappes was a major 1792 French Revolutionary victory over Austrian forces in present-day Belgium that helped secure French control of the Austrian Netherlands early in the wars.
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B.
Battle of Ligny
The Battle of Ligny was Napoleon Bonaparte’s last battlefield victory, fought on 16 June 1815 in present-day Belgium against Prussian forces shortly before his final defeat at Waterloo.
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C.
Battle of Oudenarde
The Battle of Oudenarde was a major 1708 victory for the Grand Alliance over France during the War of the Spanish Succession, helping to shift the balance of power in favor of the Allies.
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D.
Battle of Valmy
The Battle of Valmy (1792) was a pivotal early clash of the French Revolutionary Wars in which French revolutionary forces halted a Prussian-led invasion, bolstering the survival of the Revolution and the legitimacy of the new French Republic.
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E.
Battle of Quatre Bras
The Battle of Quatre Bras was an 1815 engagement in present-day Belgium where Anglo-Allied forces under the Duke of Wellington checked Marshal Ney’s French army two days before Waterloo, helping to thwart Napoleon’s final campaign.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Wavre
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surface form:
Bataille de Wavre
|
| associatedCommander |
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
ⓘ
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ⓘ |
| belligerent |
First French Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
French Empire
Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
|
| campaignObjectiveFrance | to prevent Prussian junction with Wellington ⓘ |
| campaignObjectivePrussia | to hold off Grouchy and support Wellington ⓘ |
| campaignRole | final engagement of the Waterloo campaign ⓘ |
| casualtiesFrance | approximately 2,500 killed, wounded or missing ⓘ |
| casualtiesPrussia | approximately 2,500 killed, wounded or missing ⓘ |
| commander |
Emmanuel de Grouchy
ⓘ
Johann Adolf von Lützow ⓘ Johann von Thielmann ⓘ Étienne Maurice Gérard ⓘ |
| commanderSideFrance | Emmanuel de Grouchy ⓘ |
| commanderSidePrussia | Johann von Thielmann ⓘ |
| conflict | Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ |
| date |
18 June 1815
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19 June 1815 ⓘ |
| endDate | 19 June 1815 ⓘ |
| followedBy | occupation of France (1815) ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| notableAction | Prussian rearguard action against superior French numbers ⓘ |
| notableUnit |
French III Corps
ⓘ
French IV Corps ⓘ Prussian III Corps ⓘ |
| opponentCommander | Emmanuel de Grouchy ⓘ |
| outcomeForGrouchy | failed to join Napoleon at Waterloo in time ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hundred Days
ⓘ
Waterloo Campaign ⓘ
surface form:
Waterloo campaign
|
| place | Wavre ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Ligny ⓘ |
| presentDayLocation | Belgium ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Battle of Ligny
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Battle of Waterloo ⓘ |
| result | Prussian victory ⓘ |
| river | Dyle River ⓘ |
| startDate | 18 June 1815 ⓘ |
| strategicEffect |
contributed to Napoleon’s final defeat at Waterloo
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delayed Marshal Grouchy’s forces ⓘ enabled Blücher to march to Waterloo ⓘ |
| strengthFrance | approximately 33,000 soldiers ⓘ |
| strengthPrussia | approximately 17,000 soldiers ⓘ |
| theatre |
Low Countries
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surface form:
Low Countries theatre of the Napoleonic Wars
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Subject: Battle of Wavre Description of subject: The Battle of Wavre was the final engagement of the Waterloo campaign in June 1815, in which Prussian forces held off Marshal Grouchy’s French troops, enabling Blücher to support Wellington at Waterloo and sealing Napoleon’s defeat.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bataille de Wavre