Battle of Lauffeld
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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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Lauffeld canonical | 13 |
| Battle of Lauffeldt | 4 |
| Battle of Lafelt | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T540133 — 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.
Target entity: Battle of Lauffeld Context triple: [War of the Austrian Succession, majorBattle, Battle of Lauffeld]
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Battle of Seneffe
The Battle of Seneffe was a major and bloody engagement of the Franco-Dutch War in 1674, fought in present-day Belgium between French forces under the Prince de Condé and a coalition army led by William III of Orange.
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Battle of Rocoux
The Battle of Rocoux was a 1746 engagement near Liège in which French forces under Marshal Saxe defeated an allied army of Britain, the Dutch Republic, and Austria during the War of the Austrian Succession.
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Battle of Gravelines
The Battle of Gravelines was a decisive 1588 naval engagement in which the English fleet badly damaged the Spanish Armada, contributing to the failure of Spain’s attempted invasion of England.
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Battle of Sainte-Foy
The Battle of Sainte-Foy was a major 1760 engagement of the Seven Years' War in which French forces temporarily recaptured Quebec City from the British, reversing the outcome of the earlier Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
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Battle of Soissons
The Battle of Soissons was a major World War I engagement in July 1918 near Soissons, France, where Allied forces, including U.S. Marines, launched a successful counteroffensive that helped turn the tide against Germany on the Western Front.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Battle of Lauffeld Target entity description: 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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A.
Battle of Seneffe
The Battle of Seneffe was a major and bloody engagement of the Franco-Dutch War in 1674, fought in present-day Belgium between French forces under the Prince de Condé and a coalition army led by William III of Orange.
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B.
Battle of Rocoux
The Battle of Rocoux was a 1746 engagement near Liège in which French forces under Marshal Saxe defeated an allied army of Britain, the Dutch Republic, and Austria during the War of the Austrian Succession.
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C.
Battle of Gravelines
The Battle of Gravelines was a decisive 1588 naval engagement in which the English fleet badly damaged the Spanish Armada, contributing to the failure of Spain’s attempted invasion of England.
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D.
Battle of Sainte-Foy
The Battle of Sainte-Foy was a major 1760 engagement of the Seven Years' War in which French forces temporarily recaptured Quebec City from the British, reversing the outcome of the earlier Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
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Battle of Soissons
The Battle of Soissons was a major World War I engagement in July 1918 near Soissons, France, where Allied forces, including U.S. Marines, launched a successful counteroffensive that helped turn the tide against Germany on the Western Front.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| AlliedCasualties | several thousand killed, wounded, and captured ⓘ |
| AlliedCommander |
Duke of Cumberland
ⓘ
surface form:
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
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| AlliedStrength | approximately 60,000–70,000 soldiers ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Lauffeld
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Lafelt
Battle of Lauffeld ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Lauffeldt
Battle of Val ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Dutch Republic
ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form:
Habsburg Monarchy
Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| campaign | 1747 Flanders campaign ⓘ |
| commander |
Maurice de Saxe
ⓘ
Duke of Cumberland ⓘ
surface form:
William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
|
| commandStructure |
Allied army under British commander-in-chief Duke of Cumberland
ⓘ
French army under Marshal General of France Maurice de Saxe ⓘ |
| conflictIn | War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ |
| conflictType | pitched battle ⓘ |
| countryAtTime |
Habsburg Netherlands
ⓘ
surface form:
Austrian Netherlands
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| date | 2 July 1747 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Siege of Bergen op Zoom (1747) ⓘ |
| FrenchCasualties | several thousand killed and wounded ⓘ |
| FrenchCommander | Maurice de Saxe ⓘ |
| FrenchStrength | approximately 80,000 soldiers ⓘ |
| front | Western Front of the War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| involvedUnit |
Austro-Hungarian Army
ⓘ
surface form:
Austrian Army
British Army ⓘ States Army of the Dutch Republic ⓘ
surface form:
Dutch States Army
French royal forces ⓘ
surface form:
French Royal Army
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| location |
Lauffeld
ⓘ
near Maastricht ⓘ present-day Belgium ⓘ |
| nearSettlement | Maastricht ⓘ |
| notableParticipant |
Karl Josef Batthyány
ⓘ
Prince Waldeck ⓘ
surface form:
Prince of Waldeck
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| partOf | War of the Austrian Succession ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Rocoux ⓘ |
| primaryOpponents | France vs. Britain–Dutch Republic–Austria alliance ⓘ |
| region |
Limburg (Netherlands)
ⓘ
surface form:
Limburg
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| relatedTreaty | Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748) ⓘ |
| result | French victory ⓘ |
| significance | contributed to Allied willingness to negotiate peace ⓘ |
| strategicOutcome | consolidation of French control in the Austrian Netherlands ⓘ |
| theatre | Flanders campaign ⓘ |
| year | 1747 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Lauffeld Description of subject: 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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