Waterloo Campaign
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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.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Waterloo campaign | 29 |
| Waterloo Campaign canonical | 12 |
| French invasion of Belgium (1815) | 1 |
| Napoleon’s 1815 offensive into Belgium | 1 |
| Waterloo campaign theater | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Waterloo Campaign Context triple: [15th Hussars, conflict, Waterloo Campaign]
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Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was the decisive 1815 conflict in present-day Belgium in which the Duke of Wellington and his allies defeated Napoleon Bonaparte, effectively ending his rule and reshaping the political landscape of Europe.
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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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Battle of Blenheim
The Battle of Blenheim was a major 1704 victory for the Grand Alliance over France and Bavaria that marked a turning point in the War of the Spanish Succession.
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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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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.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Waterloo Campaign Target entity description: 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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A.
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was the decisive 1815 conflict in present-day Belgium in which the Duke of Wellington and his allies defeated Napoleon Bonaparte, effectively ending his rule and reshaping the political landscape of Europe.
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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 Blenheim
The Battle of Blenheim was a major 1704 victory for the Grand Alliance over France and Bavaria that marked a turning point in the War of the Spanish Succession.
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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 |
Napoleonic campaign
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military campaign ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Anglo-allied army under Wellington
ⓘ
First French Empire ⓘ
surface form:
France under Napoleon I
Prussian Army ⓘ
surface form:
Prussian army under Blücher
|
| cause |
Napoleon’s escape from exile on Elba
ⓘ
formation of the Seventh Coalition against Napoleon ⓘ |
| commander |
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
ⓘ
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ⓘ Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ |
| conflict | Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
ⓘ
surface form:
Duchy of Brunswick
First French Empire ⓘ
surface form:
French Empire
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Hanover
Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ Nassau ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| endDate | 1815-07-08 ⓘ |
| endedBy | Battle of Waterloo ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Second Bourbon Restoration
ⓘ
occupation of France by the Seventh Coalition ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Battle of Ligny
ⓘ
Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ Battle of Waterloo ⓘ Battle of Wavre ⓘ Waterloo Campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
French invasion of Belgium (1815)
retreat of the French army (1815) ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-Napoleonic settlement after the Congress of Vienna ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| location |
Belgium
ⓘ
United Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ present-day Belgium ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Napoleon’s final battlefield defeat at Waterloo ⓘ |
| objective | defeat the Coalition armies in Belgium before they could fully unite ⓘ |
| opponent |
War of the Seventh Coalition
ⓘ
surface form:
Seventh Coalition
|
| partOf |
Napoleonic Wars
ⓘ
War of the Seventh Coalition ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Napoleon’s return from Elba
ⓘ
surface form:
Hundred Days return of Napoleon
|
| result |
abdication of Napoleon
ⓘ
decisive defeat of Napoleon ⓘ end of Napoleonic rule in France ⓘ Hundred Days ⓘ
surface form:
end of the Hundred Days
restoration of Louis XVIII to the French throne ⓘ |
| significance |
marked the definitive end of the Napoleonic Wars
ⓘ
reshaped the political order of Europe in the 19th century ⓘ |
| startDate | 1815-06-15 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Waterloo Campaign Description of subject: 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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