Battle of Boxtel
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The Battle of Boxtel was a 1794 engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars in the Netherlands, notable as one of the first combat experiences of the young Duke of York and the future Duke of Wellington.
All labels observed (1)
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| Battle of Boxtel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5893365 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Battle of Boxtel Context triple: [Boxtel, hasHistoricEvent, Battle of Boxtel]
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A.
Battle of Hasselt
The Battle of Hasselt was a key 1831 engagement during the Belgian Revolution in which Dutch forces defeated the Belgian army, helping to temporarily reassert Dutch control during the Ten Days’ Campaign.
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B.
Battle of Hondschoote
The Battle of Hondschoote was a 1793 French Revolutionary War engagement in which French forces lifted the siege of Dunkirk by defeating a British-led coalition army in Flanders.
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C.
Battle of Leuven
The Battle of Leuven was a key 1831 engagement in the Belgian Revolution in which Dutch forces clashed with Belgian troops near Leuven during the Ten Days’ Campaign.
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D.
Battle of Lambusart
The Battle of Lambusart was a 1794 engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars in which French forces clashed with Austrian-led Coalition troops in the Sambre–Meuse theater of operations.
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E.
Battle of Schooneveld
The Battle of Schooneveld was a 1673 naval engagement during the Third Anglo-Dutch War in which the Dutch fleet under Michiel de Ruyter successfully repelled a larger Anglo-French fleet, helping to secure the Dutch Republic from invasion.
- 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 Boxtel Target entity description: The Battle of Boxtel was a 1794 engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars in the Netherlands, notable as one of the first combat experiences of the young Duke of York and the future Duke of Wellington.
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A.
Battle of Hasselt
The Battle of Hasselt was a key 1831 engagement during the Belgian Revolution in which Dutch forces defeated the Belgian army, helping to temporarily reassert Dutch control during the Ten Days’ Campaign.
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B.
Battle of Hondschoote
The Battle of Hondschoote was a 1793 French Revolutionary War engagement in which French forces lifted the siege of Dunkirk by defeating a British-led coalition army in Flanders.
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C.
Battle of Leuven
The Battle of Leuven was a key 1831 engagement in the Belgian Revolution in which Dutch forces clashed with Belgian troops near Leuven during the Ten Days’ Campaign.
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D.
Battle of Lambusart
The Battle of Lambusart was a 1794 engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars in which French forces clashed with Austrian-led Coalition troops in the Sambre–Meuse theater of operations.
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E.
Battle of Schooneveld
The Battle of Schooneveld was a 1673 naval engagement during the Third Anglo-Dutch War in which the Dutch fleet under Michiel de Ruyter successfully repelled a larger Anglo-French fleet, helping to secure the Dutch Republic from invasion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Action at Boxtel ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Dutch Republic
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French First Republic ⓘ Great Britain ⓘ Habsburg monarchy ⓘ
linked to:
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
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| campaign | Flanders Campaign ⓘ |
| commander |
Jean-Charles Pichegru
ⓘ
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany ⓘ
linked to:
Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany
Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld ⓘ
linked to:
Prince Coburg of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
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| conflict | French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| date | 1794 ⓘ |
| followedBy | French advances into the Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Arthur Wellesley
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linked to:
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Jean-Charles Pichegru ⓘ Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany ⓘ
linked to:
Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany
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| involves |
Austrian troops
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British Army ⓘ Dutch troops ⓘ French Army ⓘ
linked to:
French Revolutionary Army
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| locatedIn |
Boxtel
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Dutch Republic ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ North Brabant ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early combat experience of Arthur Wellesley, future Duke of Wellington
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early combat experience of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany ⓘ |
| partOf | War of the First Coalition ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier actions in the Flanders Campaign ⓘ |
| result | French victory ⓘ |
| strategicEffect | contributed to Allied withdrawal from the Low Countries ⓘ |
| theatre |
Low Countries theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars
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linked to:
French campaign in the Low Countries
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| timePeriod |
French Revolutionary era
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linked to:
French Revolutionary Wars
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| year | 1794 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Boxtel Description of subject: The Battle of Boxtel was a 1794 engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars in the Netherlands, notable as one of the first combat experiences of the young Duke of York and the future Duke of Wellington.
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