Gaselee Expedition
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The Gaselee Expedition was an international military relief force led by British General Sir Alfred Gaselee in 1900 to lift the siege of foreign legations in Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Seymour Expedition | 1 |
| Gaselee Expedition canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Gaselee Expedition Context triple: [Battle of Tientsin, followedBy, Gaselee Expedition]
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Second Fram Expedition
The Second Fram Expedition was a Norwegian Arctic exploration voyage (1898–1902) led by Otto Sverdrup that charted large areas of the Canadian High Arctic and significantly advanced polar geography.
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Drake–Norris Expedition
The Drake–Norris Expedition was a large but ultimately unsuccessful 1589 English naval campaign against Spain, launched shortly after the Spanish Armada in an attempt to cripple Spanish power and support Portuguese rebels.
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Helder Expedition
The Helder Expedition was a 1799 joint British and Russian military campaign during the French Revolutionary Wars aimed at seizing control of the northern Netherlands from French-aligned forces.
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Gordon Relief Expedition
The Gordon Relief Expedition was a British military mission in 1884–1885 sent up the Nile to attempt to rescue General Charles Gordon and relieve the besieged city of Khartoum during the Mahdist War in Sudan.
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Punt expedition
The Punt expedition was a significant trading voyage organized by the Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut to the fabled Land of Punt, renowned for bringing back luxury goods such as incense, myrrh trees, and exotic animals, and famously depicted on the walls of her mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Gaselee Expedition Target entity description: The Gaselee Expedition was an international military relief force led by British General Sir Alfred Gaselee in 1900 to lift the siege of foreign legations in Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion.
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A.
Second Fram Expedition
The Second Fram Expedition was a Norwegian Arctic exploration voyage (1898–1902) led by Otto Sverdrup that charted large areas of the Canadian High Arctic and significantly advanced polar geography.
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B.
Drake–Norris Expedition
The Drake–Norris Expedition was a large but ultimately unsuccessful 1589 English naval campaign against Spain, launched shortly after the Spanish Armada in an attempt to cripple Spanish power and support Portuguese rebels.
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C.
Helder Expedition
The Helder Expedition was a 1799 joint British and Russian military campaign during the French Revolutionary Wars aimed at seizing control of the northern Netherlands from French-aligned forces.
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D.
Gordon Relief Expedition
The Gordon Relief Expedition was a British military mission in 1884–1885 sent up the Nile to attempt to rescue General Charles Gordon and relieve the besieged city of Khartoum during the Mahdist War in Sudan.
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E.
Punt expedition
The Punt expedition was a significant trading voyage organized by the Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut to the fabled Land of Punt, renowned for bringing back luxury goods such as incense, myrrh trees, and exotic animals, and famously depicted on the walls of her mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international military relief force
ⓘ
military expedition ⓘ |
| alliance | Eight-Nation Alliance ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Beijing Legation Quarter
ⓘ
Tianjin ⓘ siege of the International Legations ⓘ
linked to:
Battle of Peking
|
| belligerent |
Boxers
ⓘ
Eight-Nation Alliance ⓘ Qing dynasty forces aligned with Boxers ⓘ |
| commander | Alfred Gaselee ⓘ |
| commandStructure |
British Indian Army leadership
ⓘ
linked to:
Commander-in-Chief, British Indian Army
|
| conflict | Boxer Rebellion ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Austria-Hungary
ⓘ
linked to:
Austro-Hungarian Empire
British Empire ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ India ⓘ Italy ⓘ Japan ⓘ Russia ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| historicalEra | Age of Imperialism ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late Qing dynasty ⓘ |
| leader | Alfred Gaselee ⓘ |
| location |
Beijing
ⓘ
China ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Alfred Gaselee ⓘ |
| notableCommander |
Adna Chaffee
ⓘ
Alfred Gaselee ⓘ Nikolai Linevich ⓘ Yamaguchi Motomi ⓘ |
| objective |
lifting the siege of foreign legations in Beijing
ⓘ
relief of the foreign legations in Beijing ⓘ |
| opponent |
Boxers
ⓘ
Qing forces allied with the Boxers ⓘ Yihetuan movement ⓘ
linked to:
Yihetuan Movement
|
| partOf |
Eight-Nation Alliance
ⓘ
foreign intervention in the Boxer Rebellion ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Seymour Expedition
ⓘ
linked to:
Gaselee Expedition
|
| result | relief of the besieged legations in Beijing ⓘ |
| route | Tianjin to Beijing ⓘ |
| startTime | 1900 ⓘ |
| theatreOfOperations |
Northern China
ⓘ
linked to:
North China
Zhili Province ⓘ
linked to:
Zhili province
|
| typeOfAction | relief operation ⓘ |
| year | 1900 ⓘ |
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Subject: Gaselee Expedition Description of subject: The Gaselee Expedition was an international military relief force led by British General Sir Alfred Gaselee in 1900 to lift the siege of foreign legations in Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion.
Referenced by (2)
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