Siege of Kolberg (1807)
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The Siege of Kolberg (1807) was a key Napoleonic-era engagement in which Prussian forces, notably led by August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, successfully defended the Baltic fortress of Kolberg against French and allied troops.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Kolberg (naval actions) | 1 |
| Siege of Kolberg (1807) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8574531 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Kolberg (1807) Context triple: [August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, battle, Siege of Kolberg (1807)]
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Siege of Danzig (1807)
The Siege of Danzig (1807) was a key Napoleonic campaign in which French-led forces captured the strategically vital Baltic port city of Danzig from Prussian and Russian defenders.
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Battle of Kolberg
The Battle of Kolberg was a World War II siege in early 1945 in which Soviet and Polish forces captured the heavily fortified German Baltic port city of Kolberg (now Kołobrzeg, Poland), contributing to the collapse of Nazi defenses in Pomerania.
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Siege of Danzig (1734)
The Siege of Danzig (1734) was a major military operation in which Russian and Saxon forces besieged and captured the Polish city of Danzig, a stronghold of Stanisław Leszczyński, during the War of the Polish Succession.
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Battle of Reval (1790)
The Battle of Reval (1790) was a naval engagement of the Russo-Swedish War in which a Swedish fleet unsuccessfully attacked a Russian squadron anchored off the port of Reval (now Tallinn, Estonia).
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Siege of Stralsund
The Siege of Stralsund was a failed 1628 Imperial attempt during the Thirty Years' War to capture the strategically vital Baltic port city of Stralsund, marking one of Albrecht von Wallenstein’s few major setbacks.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siege of Kolberg (1807) Target entity description: The Siege of Kolberg (1807) was a key Napoleonic-era engagement in which Prussian forces, notably led by August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, successfully defended the Baltic fortress of Kolberg against French and allied troops.
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A.
Siege of Danzig (1807)
The Siege of Danzig (1807) was a key Napoleonic campaign in which French-led forces captured the strategically vital Baltic port city of Danzig from Prussian and Russian defenders.
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B.
Battle of Kolberg
The Battle of Kolberg was a World War II siege in early 1945 in which Soviet and Polish forces captured the heavily fortified German Baltic port city of Kolberg (now Kołobrzeg, Poland), contributing to the collapse of Nazi defenses in Pomerania.
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C.
Siege of Danzig (1734)
The Siege of Danzig (1734) was a major military operation in which Russian and Saxon forces besieged and captured the Polish city of Danzig, a stronghold of Stanisław Leszczyński, during the War of the Polish Succession.
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D.
Battle of Reval (1790)
The Battle of Reval (1790) was a naval engagement of the Russo-Swedish War in which a Swedish fleet unsuccessfully attacked a Russian squadron anchored off the port of Reval (now Tallinn, Estonia).
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E.
Siege of Stralsund
The Siege of Stralsund was a failed 1628 Imperial attempt during the Thirty Years' War to capture the strategically vital Baltic port city of Stralsund, marking one of Albrecht von Wallenstein’s few major setbacks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
military engagement
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siege ⓘ |
| attackingForce |
French troops
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French-allied troops ⓘ |
| chronologicalOrderInWar | late phase of the War of the Fourth Coalition ⓘ |
| conflictOf | War of the Fourth Coalition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
First French Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defendedPlace | fortress of Kolberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defendingCommander | August Neidhardt von Gneisenau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defendingForce | Prussian garrison of Kolberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Napoleonic era ⓘ |
| hasAftermath | Kolberg remained in Prussian hands after the siege NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCommander | August Neidhardt von Gneisenau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
fortress defense
ⓘ
siege warfare ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
First French Empire
NERFINISHED
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French-allied troops ⓘ Kingdom of Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ Prussian Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kingdom of Prussia
NERFINISHED
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Kolberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Pomerania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Baltic Sea ⓘ |
| notableCommander | August Neidhardt von Gneisenau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opponent |
Kingdom of Prussia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Napoleonic France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| result |
Prussian victory
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successful defense of Kolberg fortress ⓘ |
| significance |
enhanced reputation of August Neidhardt von Gneisenau
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key engagement in the War of the Fourth Coalition ⓘ |
| startTime | 1807 ⓘ |
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Subject: Siege of Kolberg (1807) Description of subject: The Siege of Kolberg (1807) was a key Napoleonic-era engagement in which Prussian forces, notably led by August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, successfully defended the Baltic fortress of Kolberg against French and allied troops.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Battle of Kolberg (naval actions)