Assault on the Trocadero (1823)
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Assault on the Trocadero (1823) was a decisive French military operation during the French intervention in Spain that captured the fortified Trocadero peninsula near Cádiz and helped restore King Ferdinand VII’s absolute rule.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Assault on the Trocadero (1823) canonical | 1 |
| capture of Trocadero (1823) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6868778 — 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: Assault on the Trocadero (1823) Context triple: [Battle of Trocadero, alsoKnownAs, Assault on the Trocadero (1823)]
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A.
Siege of Toulon
The Siege of Toulon was a pivotal 1793 military engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars in which Republican forces recaptured the key Mediterranean port from Royalist and British control, launching Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to prominence.
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Walcheren Campaign
The Walcheren Campaign was a disastrous 1809 British military expedition to the Netherlands during the Napoleonic Wars, notorious for heavy losses to disease and its failure to achieve strategic objectives.
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C.
Bourmont expedition of 1830
The Bourmont expedition of 1830 was a French military campaign led by General Louis de Bourmont against Algiers, which initiated France’s colonial conquest of Algeria.
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D.
Bagne of Toulon
The Bagne of Toulon was a notorious French naval penal labor colony where convicts endured harsh conditions, famously depicted as the prison of Jean Valjean in Victor Hugo’s "Les Misérables."
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E.
Descent on Rochefort
Descent on Rochefort was a failed British amphibious raid against the French port of Rochefort during the Seven Years' War in 1757.
- 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: Assault on the Trocadero (1823) Target entity description: Assault on the Trocadero (1823) was a decisive French military operation during the French intervention in Spain that captured the fortified Trocadero peninsula near Cádiz and helped restore King Ferdinand VII’s absolute rule.
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A.
Siege of Toulon
The Siege of Toulon was a pivotal 1793 military engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars in which Republican forces recaptured the key Mediterranean port from Royalist and British control, launching Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to prominence.
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B.
Walcheren Campaign
The Walcheren Campaign was a disastrous 1809 British military expedition to the Netherlands during the Napoleonic Wars, notorious for heavy losses to disease and its failure to achieve strategic objectives.
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C.
Bourmont expedition of 1830
The Bourmont expedition of 1830 was a French military campaign led by General Louis de Bourmont against Algiers, which initiated France’s colonial conquest of Algeria.
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D.
Bagne of Toulon
The Bagne of Toulon was a notorious French naval penal labor colony where convicts endured harsh conditions, famously depicted as the prison of Jean Valjean in Victor Hugo’s "Les Misérables."
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E.
Descent on Rochefort
Descent on Rochefort was a failed British amphibious raid against the French port of Rochefort during the Seven Years' War in 1757.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military operation ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Battle of Trocadero (1823) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorizedBy | Holy Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
France
ⓘ
Liberal Spanish forces ⓘ |
| category |
1823 in Spain
ⓘ
19th-century battles in Europe ⓘ Battles involving France ⓘ Battles involving Spain ⓘ |
| commander |
French Duke of Angoulême
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | French intervention in Spain (1823) ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| date | 31 August 1823 ⓘ |
| followedBy | fall of Cádiz to French and royalist forces ⓘ |
| historicalContext | conservative reaction against liberal revolutions in Europe ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | post-Napoleonic Europe ⓘ |
| influenced | French royalist prestige in Europe ⓘ |
| involved |
French expeditionary army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spanish liberal garrison ⓘ |
| location |
Bay of Cádiz
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Trocadero peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ near Cádiz ⓘ |
| memorializedBy |
French paintings and engravings of the battle
ⓘ
commemorative references in Bourbon France ⓘ |
| method | amphibious and land assault on fortified positions ⓘ |
| objective |
to break the liberal stronghold protecting Cádiz
ⓘ
to seize the Trocadero fortifications ⓘ |
| opposed | Spanish liberal constitutional regime ⓘ |
| opposingCommander | Spanish liberal commanders ⓘ |
| outcome |
capture of the fortified Trocadero peninsula
ⓘ
restoration of King Ferdinand VII’s absolute rule in Spain ⓘ |
| partOf | French intervention in Spain (1823) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | French crossing of the Bidassoa (1823) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bourbon Restoration in France
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spanish Liberal Triennium NERFINISHED ⓘ reign of Ferdinand VII of Spain ⓘ |
| result | French victory ⓘ |
| significance |
decisive operation of the French intervention in Spain
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helped end the Spanish Liberal Triennium ⓘ paved the way for the fall of Cádiz ⓘ |
| sponsoredBy | King Louis XVIII of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported | restoration of absolutist monarchy in Spain ⓘ |
| theater | Peninsular theater ⓘ |
| typeOfFortificationCaptured | coastal fortress ⓘ |
| year | 1823 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Assault on the Trocadero (1823) Description of subject: Assault on the Trocadero (1823) was a decisive French military operation during the French intervention in Spain that captured the fortified Trocadero peninsula near Cádiz and helped restore King Ferdinand VII’s absolute rule.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
capture of Trocadero (1823)