British landing at Head of Elk, Maryland

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event in the American Revolutionary War military landing operation

The British landing at Head of Elk, Maryland was a key 1777 disembarkation of British troops during the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War, serving as a staging point for subsequent operations into Pennsylvania and Delaware.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
British landing at Head of Elk	2
British landing at Head of Elk, Maryland canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6705677 — 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: British landing at Head of Elk, Maryland
Context triple: [Battle of Cooch’s Bridge, precededBy, British landing at Head of Elk, Maryland]

A. British landing at Benedict, Maryland
The British landing at Benedict, Maryland was the amphibious operation in August 1814 during the War of 1812 that brought British forces ashore on the Patuxent River as the starting point for their advance on Washington, D.C.
B. Mayflower landing at Plymouth
The Mayflower landing at Plymouth was the 1620 arrival of English Pilgrims on the coast of present-day Massachusetts, marking one of the foundational moments in early European colonization of North America.
C. New York Landing
New York Landing was a 19th-century riverside settlement and shipping point on the San Joaquin River that later became part of present-day Pittsburg, California.
D. Croton Landing
Croton Landing is a waterfront park and recreational area along the Hudson River in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, featuring walking paths, scenic views, and open green space.
E. Katherine Landing
Katherine Landing is a popular marina and recreation area on Lake Mohave in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, offering boating, fishing, camping, and other water-based activities.
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: British landing at Head of Elk, Maryland
Target entity description: The British landing at Head of Elk, Maryland was a key 1777 disembarkation of British troops during the Philadelphia campaign of the American Revolutionary War, serving as a staging point for subsequent operations into Pennsylvania and Delaware.

A. British landing at Benedict, Maryland
The British landing at Benedict, Maryland was the amphibious operation in August 1814 during the War of 1812 that brought British forces ashore on the Patuxent River as the starting point for their advance on Washington, D.C.
B. Mayflower landing at Plymouth
The Mayflower landing at Plymouth was the 1620 arrival of English Pilgrims on the coast of present-day Massachusetts, marking one of the foundational moments in early European colonization of North America.
C. New York Landing
New York Landing was a 19th-century riverside settlement and shipping point on the San Joaquin River that later became part of present-day Pittsburg, California.
D. Croton Landing
Croton Landing is a waterfront park and recreational area along the Hudson River in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, featuring walking paths, scenic views, and open green space.
E. Katherine Landing
Katherine Landing is a popular marina and recreation area on Lake Mohave in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, offering boating, fishing, camping, and other water-based activities.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ military landing operation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	British landing at Elk River ⓘ British landing at Head of Elk ⓘ linked to: British landing at Head of Elk, Maryland
belligerent	Great Britain ⓘ Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
campaignTheater	Middle Colonies ⓘ
commander	Charles Cornwallis ⓘ linked to: Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis George Washington ⓘ William Howe ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
countryAtTime	Province of Maryland ⓘ
date	1777 ⓘ
era	18th century ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Brandywine ⓘ Battle of the Clouds ⓘ British advance toward Philadelphia ⓘ Paoli massacre ⓘ linked to: Paoli Massacre
historicalContext	British strategy to isolate New England and capture key American cities ⓘ
historicalRegion	British America ⓘ
involvedForce	British Army ⓘ Hessian auxiliaries ⓘ Loyalist units ⓘ
location	Cecil County, Maryland ⓘ Head of Elk, Maryland ⓘ
militaryObjective	establish secure beachhead in Maryland ⓘ
nearbyWaterBody	Chesapeake Bay ⓘ
objective	support British capture of Philadelphia ⓘ
opponent	Continental Army ⓘ
opposedBy	Continental Army scouts ⓘ linked to: Continental Army
partOf	Philadelphia campaign ⓘ
relatedTo	British campaign in the Chesapeake ⓘ linked to: Chesapeake campaign British capture of Philadelphia ⓘ
result	successful British disembarkation ⓘ
riverSystem	Elk River ⓘ
significance	enabled British overland march toward Philadelphia ⓘ threatened American defenses in Pennsylvania and Delaware ⓘ
strategicRole	staging point for operations into Delaware ⓘ staging point for operations into Pennsylvania ⓘ
typeOfOperation	amphibious landing ⓘ
usedTransport	British warships ⓘ Royal Navy transports ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Cooch’s Bridge → precededBy → British landing at Head of Elk, Maryland ⓘ

British landing at Head of Elk, Maryland → alsoKnownAs → British landing at Head of Elk ⓘ

linked to: British landing at Head of Elk, Maryland

Battle of Iron Hill → precededBy → British landing at Head of Elk ⓘ