Battle of Tabsor
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The Battle of Tabsor was a World War I engagement in September 1918, in which British Empire forces broke through Ottoman defensive lines along the coastal sector of the Palestine front as part of the larger Battle of Megiddo.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Tabsor canonical | 1 |
| Battle of Tabsor (1918) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8648474 — 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 Tabsor Context triple: [Battle of Megiddo (1918), hasPart, Battle of Tabsor]
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A.
Battle of Baghuz Fawqani
The Battle of Baghuz Fawqani was the final major military engagement of the Syrian Civil War against ISIS, culminating in the collapse of the group’s last territorial stronghold in eastern Syria in early 2019.
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B.
Battle of Deir ez-Zor
The Battle of Deir ez-Zor was a World War II engagement in 1941 in eastern Syria, where Allied forces fought Vichy French troops as part of the campaign to secure the Levant.
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C.
Battle of Raqqa
The Battle of Raqqa was a major military campaign in 2017 in which the Syrian Democratic Forces, backed by a U.S.-led coalition, captured the city of Raqqa from the Islamic State, effectively ending ISIS’s de facto capital in Syria.
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D.
Battle of Kobani
The Battle of Kobani was a major 2014–2015 urban confrontation in northern Syria in which Kurdish-led forces, backed by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, repelled an extended offensive by the Islamic State group.
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E.
Battle of Aleppo
The Battle of Aleppo was a major and protracted urban conflict in the Syrian Civil War, marked by intense fighting, widespread destruction, and a pivotal shift in control of the city between government and opposition forces.
- 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 Tabsor Target entity description: The Battle of Tabsor was a World War I engagement in September 1918, in which British Empire forces broke through Ottoman defensive lines along the coastal sector of the Palestine front as part of the larger Battle of Megiddo.
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A.
Battle of Baghuz Fawqani
The Battle of Baghuz Fawqani was the final major military engagement of the Syrian Civil War against ISIS, culminating in the collapse of the group’s last territorial stronghold in eastern Syria in early 2019.
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B.
Battle of Deir ez-Zor
The Battle of Deir ez-Zor was a World War II engagement in 1941 in eastern Syria, where Allied forces fought Vichy French troops as part of the campaign to secure the Levant.
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C.
Battle of Raqqa
The Battle of Raqqa was a major military campaign in 2017 in which the Syrian Democratic Forces, backed by a U.S.-led coalition, captured the city of Raqqa from the Islamic State, effectively ending ISIS’s de facto capital in Syria.
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D.
Battle of Kobani
The Battle of Kobani was a major 2014–2015 urban confrontation in northern Syria in which Kurdish-led forces, backed by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, repelled an extended offensive by the Islamic State group.
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E.
Battle of Aleppo
The Battle of Aleppo was a major and protracted urban conflict in the Syrian Civil War, marked by intense fighting, widespread destruction, and a pivotal shift in control of the city between government and opposition forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Tabsor breakthrough ⓘ |
| belligerent |
British Empire
ⓘ
German Empire (military advisers and support) ⓘ
linked to:
German Empire
Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| combatant |
Egyptian Expeditionary Force
ⓘ
linked to:
British Egyptian Expeditionary Force
Ottoman Yildirim Army Group ⓘ |
| commander |
Edmund Allenby
ⓘ
Edward Bulfin ⓘ Jevad Pasha ⓘ Liman von Sanders ⓘ Philip Chetwode ⓘ
linked to:
Field Marshal Philip Chetwode
|
| conflict | World War I ⓘ |
| countryAtTimeOfBattle | Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| date | September 1918 ⓘ |
| endDate | 21 September 1918 ⓘ |
| followedBy | pursuit to the Jordan River and beyond ⓘ |
| front | Palestine front ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late stages of World War I in the Middle East ⓘ |
| involvedUnit |
Desert Mounted Corps
ⓘ
Ottoman 20th Division ⓘ Ottoman 7th Division ⓘ XXI Corps (British Army) ⓘ |
| location |
Tabsor salient
ⓘ
coastal sector of the Palestine front ⓘ southern Levant ⓘ |
| modernCountryLocation |
Israel
ⓘ
State of Palestine ⓘ |
| objective |
to open the way for exploitation by cavalry forces
ⓘ
to rupture the Ottoman coastal defensive line ⓘ |
| opponent |
Eighth Army (Ottoman Empire)
ⓘ
linked to:
Ottoman Eighth Army
Seventh Army (Ottoman Empire) ⓘ
linked to:
Ottoman Seventh Army
|
| outcome | breakthrough of Ottoman defensive lines ⓘ |
| partOf |
Battle of Megiddo (1918)
ⓘ
Sinai and Palestine Campaign ⓘ
linked to:
Sinai and Palestine campaign
|
| partOfOperation | final Allied offensive in Palestine in 1918 ⓘ |
| precededBy | Allied deception operations on the Palestine front ⓘ |
| result | decisive British Empire victory ⓘ |
| startDate | 19 September 1918 ⓘ |
| strategicEffect |
collapse of Ottoman front in Palestine
ⓘ
facilitated rapid British advance into northern Palestine and Syria ⓘ |
| tactic |
combined infantry, artillery, and cavalry assault
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surprise dawn attack ⓘ |
| theatre | Middle Eastern theatre of World War I ⓘ |
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linked to: Battle of Tabsor