The River War
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The River War is a historical account by Winston Churchill detailing the British campaign in Sudan and the reconquest of the Sudanese Mahdist state in the late 19th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The River War canonical | 2 |
| Winston Churchill's book "The River War" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5217150 — 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: The River War Context triple: [Battle of Omdurman, describedIn, The River War]
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A.
Fury of the Nile
Fury of the Nile is a whitewater river rapids ride at the Worlds of Fun amusement park in Kansas City, Missouri.
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B.
Victorio's War
Victorio's War was a late 19th-century conflict in the American Southwest and northern Mexico in which the Apache leader Victorio led a guerrilla resistance against U.S. and Mexican military forces.
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C.
Kohima Epitaph
The Kohima Epitaph is a famous Second World War memorial inscription honoring fallen soldiers, best known for its closing line, “When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today.”
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D.
Field of Mars
The Field of Mars is a large historic square and park in central Saint Petersburg, Russia, known for its military parades, revolutionary gatherings, and memorial to the victims of the Revolution.
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E.
The Spoils of War
The Spoils of War is the English rendering of the title of Surah Al-Anfal, an eighth chapter of the Qur’an that addresses issues of warfare, distribution of war gains, and obedience to God and His Messenger.
- 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: The River War Target entity description: The River War is a historical account by Winston Churchill detailing the British campaign in Sudan and the reconquest of the Sudanese Mahdist state in the late 19th century.
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A.
Fury of the Nile
Fury of the Nile is a whitewater river rapids ride at the Worlds of Fun amusement park in Kansas City, Missouri.
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B.
Victorio's War
Victorio's War was a late 19th-century conflict in the American Southwest and northern Mexico in which the Apache leader Victorio led a guerrilla resistance against U.S. and Mexican military forces.
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C.
Kohima Epitaph
The Kohima Epitaph is a famous Second World War memorial inscription honoring fallen soldiers, best known for its closing line, “When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow, we gave our today.”
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D.
Field of Mars
The Field of Mars is a large historic square and park in central Saint Petersburg, Russia, known for its military parades, revolutionary gatherings, and memorial to the victims of the Revolution.
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E.
The Spoils of War
The Spoils of War is the English rendering of the title of Surah Al-Anfal, an eighth chapter of the Qur’an that addresses issues of warfare, distribution of war gains, and obedience to God and His Messenger.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
historical account ⓘ military history book ⓘ |
| author | Winston Churchill ⓘ |
| contains |
illustrations
ⓘ
maps ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts |
riverine operations on the Nile
ⓘ
use of modern weapons such as machine guns ⓘ |
| describesEvent |
Battle of Atbara
ⓘ
Battle of Omdurman ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization |
British Army
ⓘ
Egyptian Army ⓘ Mahdist state ⓘ
linked to:
Mahdist Sudan
|
| featuresPerson |
Abdallahi ibn Muhammad
ⓘ
Herbert Kitchener ⓘ
linked to:
Horatio Herbert Kitchener
Muhammad Ahmad ⓘ
linked to:
Muhammad Ahmad al-Mahdi
|
| genre |
history
ⓘ
military history ⓘ |
| hasMainLocation |
Nile River
ⓘ
linked to:
Nile
Sudan ⓘ |
| hasRevisedEditions | yes ⓘ |
| hasWikipediaPage | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_River_War ⓘ |
| includes |
descriptions of military technology
ⓘ
political commentary ⓘ strategic analysis ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Winston Churchill's service as a British Army officer ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterEditionFormat | single-volume abridged edition ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian era ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person account ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of imperial policy
ⓘ
detailed account of the Battle of Omdurman ⓘ |
| originalEditionFormat | two-volume work ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1899 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Longmans, Green and Co.
ⓘ
linked to:
Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer
|
| relatedWork |
My Early Life
ⓘ
linked to:
My Early Life: A Roving Commission
|
| settingPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| subject |
Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan
ⓘ
linked to:
Anglo-Egyptian reconquest of Sudan
British campaign in Sudan ⓘ
linked to:
Anglo-Egyptian reconquest of Sudan
Mahdist War ⓘ reconquest of Sudan ⓘ |
| timeOfAuthorship | shortly after the Sudan campaign ⓘ |
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Subject: The River War Description of subject: The River War is a historical account by Winston Churchill detailing the British campaign in Sudan and the reconquest of the Sudanese Mahdist state in the late 19th century.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: The River War