Battle of Famars
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The Battle of Famars was a 1793 engagement during the War of the First Coalition in which Allied forces, including those led by Prince Josias of Coburg, defeated the French near Valenciennes in northern France.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Famars canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6761686 — 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: Battle of Famars Context triple: [Prince Josias of Coburg, battle, Battle of Famars]
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Battle of Arques
The Battle of Arques was a 1589 engagement in northern France during the French Wars of Religion, where Henry IV successfully defended his position against the Catholic League, helping to secure his claim to the French throne.
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Battle of Orthes
The Battle of Orthez was a major engagement of the Peninsular War in February 1814, in which Wellington’s Anglo-Portuguese forces defeated Marshal Soult’s French army in southwestern France.
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Battle of Rocourt
The Battle of Rocourt was a major engagement of the War of the Austrian Succession in 1746, in which French forces defeated the allied British, Dutch, and Austrian armies near Liège in present-day Belgium.
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Battle of Lauffeld
The Battle of Lauffeld was a 1747 engagement in present-day Belgium in which French forces under Marshal Maurice de Saxe defeated an allied British, Dutch, and Austrian army led by the Duke of Cumberland.
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Battle of Laon
The Battle of Laon was a significant 1814 engagement of the Napoleonic Wars in which Prussian and allied forces under Blücher halted Napoleon’s attempts to defend France from the advancing Sixth Coalition.
- 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 Famars Target entity description: The Battle of Famars was a 1793 engagement during the War of the First Coalition in which Allied forces, including those led by Prince Josias of Coburg, defeated the French near Valenciennes in northern France.
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A.
Battle of Arques
The Battle of Arques was a 1589 engagement in northern France during the French Wars of Religion, where Henry IV successfully defended his position against the Catholic League, helping to secure his claim to the French throne.
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B.
Battle of Orthes
The Battle of Orthez was a major engagement of the Peninsular War in February 1814, in which Wellington’s Anglo-Portuguese forces defeated Marshal Soult’s French army in southwestern France.
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C.
Battle of Rocourt
The Battle of Rocourt was a major engagement of the War of the Austrian Succession in 1746, in which French forces defeated the allied British, Dutch, and Austrian armies near Liège in present-day Belgium.
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D.
Battle of Lauffeld
The Battle of Lauffeld was a 1747 engagement in present-day Belgium in which French forces under Marshal Maurice de Saxe defeated an allied British, Dutch, and Austrian army led by the Duke of Cumberland.
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E.
Battle of Laon
The Battle of Laon was a significant 1814 engagement of the Napoleonic Wars in which Prussian and allied forces under Blücher halted Napoleon’s attempts to defend France from the advancing Sixth Coalition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Battle of Vaux ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Dutch Republic
ⓘ
First French Republic ⓘ
linked to:
French First Republic
Great Britain ⓘ Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
linked to:
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
Hanover ⓘ Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ |
| campaign | Flanders Campaign ⓘ |
| combatantSide |
Allied army of the First Coalition
ⓘ
Army of the North (France) ⓘ
linked to:
French Army of the North
|
| commander |
François Joseph Kinsky
ⓘ
François Kilmaine ⓘ Frederick, Duke of York and Albany ⓘ
linked to:
Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany
Jean Nicolas Houchard ⓘ Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld ⓘ
linked to:
Prince Coburg of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
|
| conflict | War of the First Coalition ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| date | 23 May 1793 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Siege of Valenciennes (1793) ⓘ |
| hasPart | assault on French entrenchments at Famars heights ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | French Revolutionary era ⓘ |
| involves |
Austrian forces
ⓘ
British forces ⓘ French Revolutionary army ⓘ
linked to:
French Revolutionary Army
coalition warfare ⓘ |
| location |
Famars
ⓘ
Nord department ⓘ near Valenciennes ⓘ northern France ⓘ |
| notableFor | Allied forces driving French army back into Valenciennes ⓘ |
| outcome | French forces withdrew into Valenciennes ⓘ |
| partOf | French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ |
| precededBy | Siege of Condé (1793) ⓘ |
| result | Allied victory ⓘ |
| strategicObjective | Isolate and invest Valenciennes ⓘ |
| theatre | Northern French theatre of the War of the First Coalition ⓘ |
| year | 1793 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Famars Description of subject: The Battle of Famars was a 1793 engagement during the War of the First Coalition in which Allied forces, including those led by Prince Josias of Coburg, defeated the French near Valenciennes in northern France.
Referenced by (5)
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