Battle of Gully Hole Creek
E116841
The Battle of Gully Hole Creek was a 1742 clash on St. Simons Island, Georgia, in which British forces under James Oglethorpe repelled a Spanish invasion during the broader War of Jenkins’ Ear.
All labels observed (1)
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| Battle of Gully Hole Creek canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T884111 — 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 Gully Hole Creek Context triple: [War of Jenkins' Ear, hasPart, Battle of Gully Hole Creek]
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Battle of Mount Tumbledown
The Battle of Mount Tumbledown was a key night engagement in June 1982 during the Falklands War, in which British forces captured a strategically vital height overlooking Port Stanley from entrenched Argentine defenders, effectively sealing victory in the conflict.
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B.
Battle of Diamond Hill
The Battle of Diamond Hill was a major engagement of the Second Boer War in June 1900 near Pretoria, where British forces under Lord Roberts clashed with Boer commandos in an effort to break their defensive positions.
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C.
Battle of Dungan's Hill
The Battle of Dungan's Hill was a major 1647 engagement in County Meath during the Irish Confederate Wars, where English Parliamentarian forces decisively defeated an Irish Confederate army, leading to heavy Confederate losses and weakening their position in Leinster.
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D.
Battle of Chelsea Creek
The Battle of Chelsea Creek was an early American Revolutionary War engagement near Boston in May 1775, notable for a colonial victory that destroyed the British schooner Diana and helped secure vital livestock and supplies for the Continental forces.
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E.
Battle of Blood River
The Battle of Blood River was a decisive 1838 clash in which Voortrekker forces defeated the Zulu Kingdom in present-day South Africa, significantly shaping the region’s colonial and Afrikaner nationalist history.
- 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 Gully Hole Creek Target entity description: The Battle of Gully Hole Creek was a 1742 clash on St. Simons Island, Georgia, in which British forces under James Oglethorpe repelled a Spanish invasion during the broader War of Jenkins’ Ear.
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A.
Battle of Mount Tumbledown
The Battle of Mount Tumbledown was a key night engagement in June 1982 during the Falklands War, in which British forces captured a strategically vital height overlooking Port Stanley from entrenched Argentine defenders, effectively sealing victory in the conflict.
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B.
Battle of Diamond Hill
The Battle of Diamond Hill was a major engagement of the Second Boer War in June 1900 near Pretoria, where British forces under Lord Roberts clashed with Boer commandos in an effort to break their defensive positions.
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C.
Battle of Dungan's Hill
The Battle of Dungan's Hill was a major 1647 engagement in County Meath during the Irish Confederate Wars, where English Parliamentarian forces decisively defeated an Irish Confederate army, leading to heavy Confederate losses and weakening their position in Leinster.
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D.
Battle of Chelsea Creek
The Battle of Chelsea Creek was an early American Revolutionary War engagement near Boston in May 1775, notable for a colonial victory that destroyed the British schooner Diana and helped secure vital livestock and supplies for the Continental forces.
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E.
Battle of Blood River
The Battle of Blood River was a decisive 1838 clash in which Voortrekker forces defeated the Zulu Kingdom in present-day South Africa, significantly shaping the region’s colonial and Afrikaner nationalist history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| belligerent |
British forces in Georgia
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Spanish expeditionary forces from Florida ⓘ |
| campaign | Defense of Georgia campaign ⓘ |
| chronology | Occurred during Spanish invasion of Georgia in 1742 ⓘ |
| combatant1 |
British colonial troops
ⓘ
Scottish Highlanders in British service ⓘ |
| combatant2 |
Spanish colonial militia
ⓘ
Spanish regular troops ⓘ |
| commander | James Oglethorpe ⓘ |
| commanderFor |
James Oglethorpe
ⓘ
surface form:
James Oglethorpe, Great Britain
|
| conflict | War of Jenkins' Ear ⓘ |
| conflictType | land battle ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | Great Britain ⓘ |
| date | 1742-07-18 ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of Bloody Marsh ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | Sea Islands region ⓘ |
| involvedColony |
Colony of Georgia
ⓘ
Spanish Florida ⓘ |
| location |
Province of Georgia
ⓘ
St. Simons Island ⓘ
surface form:
St. Simons Island, Georgia
|
| militaryFront | Anglo-Spanish conflict in the Americas ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Gully Hole Creek ⓘ |
| opponentCommanderSide | Spanish officers (names disputed in sources) ⓘ |
| opposingForce |
Great Britain
ⓘ
Spain ⓘ |
| outcome | Spanish invasion repelled ⓘ |
| partOf |
Spanish invasion of Georgia
ⓘ
War of Jenkins' Ear ⓘ |
| precededBy | Spanish landing on St. Simons Island ⓘ |
| region |
British America
ⓘ
surface form:
British North America
|
| result | British victory ⓘ |
| significance | Helped secure British control of Georgia ⓘ |
| strategicObjective | Defend British colony of Georgia from Spanish invasion ⓘ |
| theater |
War of Jenkins' Ear
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surface form:
North American theater of the War of Jenkins' Ear
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| year | 1742 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Gully Hole Creek Description of subject: The Battle of Gully Hole Creek was a 1742 clash on St. Simons Island, Georgia, in which British forces under James Oglethorpe repelled a Spanish invasion during the broader War of Jenkins’ Ear.
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