Battle of Lübeck
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The Battle of Lübeck was a 1806 engagement during the War of the Fourth Coalition in which Napoleon’s forces decisively defeated retreating Prussian troops in and around the city of Lübeck.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Lübeck canonical | 2 |
| Schlacht bei Lübeck | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T842399 — 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: Battle of Lübeck Context triple: [Battle of Jena–Auerstedt, followedBy, Battle of Lübeck]
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A.
Battle of Hamburg
The Battle of Hamburg, also known as Operation Gomorrah, was a devastating series of Allied air raids in 1943 that largely destroyed the German city and caused a catastrophic firestorm.
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B.
Battle of Kloster Kampen
The Battle of Kloster Kampen was a 1760 engagement of the Seven Years' War in which Anglo-Allied forces under the Duke of Brunswick clashed unsuccessfully with French troops near the Lower Rhine in present-day Germany.
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C.
Battle of Sanderhausen
The Battle of Sanderhausen was an engagement during the Seven Years' War in which Allied forces under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick clashed with French troops in western Germany.
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D.
Battle of Vellinghausen
The Battle of Vellinghausen was a 1761 engagement of the Seven Years' War in which Allied forces under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick repelled a larger French army in Westphalia.
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E.
Battle of Lippstadt
The Battle of Lippstadt was an engagement during the Seven Years' War in which Allied forces under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick successfully defended the Westphalian town of Lippstadt against French troops.
- F. None of above. chosen
- 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: Battle of Lübeck Target entity description: The Battle of Lübeck was a 1806 engagement during the War of the Fourth Coalition in which Napoleon’s forces decisively defeated retreating Prussian troops in and around the city of Lübeck.
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A.
Battle of Hamburg
The Battle of Hamburg, also known as Operation Gomorrah, was a devastating series of Allied air raids in 1943 that largely destroyed the German city and caused a catastrophic firestorm.
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B.
Battle of Kloster Kampen
The Battle of Kloster Kampen was a 1760 engagement of the Seven Years' War in which Anglo-Allied forces under the Duke of Brunswick clashed unsuccessfully with French troops near the Lower Rhine in present-day Germany.
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C.
Battle of Sanderhausen
The Battle of Sanderhausen was an engagement during the Seven Years' War in which Allied forces under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick clashed with French troops in western Germany.
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D.
Battle of Vellinghausen
The Battle of Vellinghausen was a 1761 engagement of the Seven Years' War in which Allied forces under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick repelled a larger French army in Westphalia.
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E.
Battle of Lippstadt
The Battle of Lippstadt was an engagement during the Seven Years' War in which Allied forces under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick successfully defended the Westphalian town of Lippstadt against French troops.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Lübeck
ⓘ
surface form:
Schlacht bei Lübeck
|
| belligerent |
First French Empire
ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
|
| casualtiesAndLosses |
heavy Prussian casualties
ⓘ
relatively light French casualties ⓘ significant Prussian prisoners ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
street fighting
ⓘ
urban combat ⓘ |
| combatant |
First French Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
French Empire
Prussia ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
Gerhard von Scharnhorst
ⓘ
surface form:
Friedrich von Scharnhorst
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ⓘ Jean Baptiste Bernadotte ⓘ
surface form:
Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
Nicolas Soult ⓘ
surface form:
Jean-de-Dieu Soult
Joachim Murat ⓘ Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg ⓘ |
| conflict | War of the Fourth Coalition ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| date | 6 November 1806 ⓘ |
| describedAs | decisive French victory over retreating Prussian forces ⓘ |
| effect |
French occupation of Lübeck
ⓘ
destruction of Blücher’s Prussian corps as a fighting force ⓘ further collapse of Prussian resistance in 1806 campaign ⓘ |
| followedBy | Capitulation of Ratekau ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| involvedForce |
French cavalry
ⓘ
French infantry ⓘ Prussian Army ⓘ
surface form:
Prussian cavalry
Prussian infantry ⓘ |
| location |
Duchy of Lübeck
ⓘ
Lübeck ⓘ |
| notableFor |
French troops storming the city gates of Lübeck
ⓘ
Prussian retreat into a neutral city ⓘ subsequent plundering and hardship for Lübeck’s inhabitants ⓘ |
| objective | to cut off and destroy Blücher’s retreating corps ⓘ |
| opponentOf |
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
ⓘ
Joachim Murat ⓘ |
| partOf | Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| partOfCampaign | Napoleon’s 1806 campaign against Prussia ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ |
| relatedTo | French pursuit of Prussian forces after Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ |
| result | French victory ⓘ |
| theater | Central European theatre of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| usedTactics |
encirclement
ⓘ
frontal assault on city defenses ⓘ |
| year | 1806 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Lübeck Description of subject: The Battle of Lübeck was a 1806 engagement during the War of the Fourth Coalition in which Napoleon’s forces decisively defeated retreating Prussian troops in and around the city of Lübeck.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Schlacht bei Lübeck