Battle of Gadebusch
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The Battle of Gadebusch was a 1712 engagement in the Great Northern War in which Swedish forces under Magnus Stenbock won a notable victory over a larger Danish-Saxon army in northern Germany.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Gadebusch canonical | 1 |
| Slaget vid Gadebusch | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T938906 — 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 Gadebusch Context triple: [Great Northern War, significantBattle, Battle of Gadebusch]
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A.
Battle of Wilhelmsthal
The Battle of Wilhelmsthal was a 1762 engagement of the Seven Years' War in which Allied forces, including those led by Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, defeated the French in western Germany.
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B.
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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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 Ziegenhain
The Battle of Ziegenhain was a minor engagement of the Seven Years' War in which Allied forces under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick clashed with French troops in Hesse.
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E.
Battle of Krefeld
The Battle of Krefeld was a 1758 Seven Years' War engagement in which Allied forces under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick defeated the French army in western Germany.
- 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 Gadebusch Target entity description: The Battle of Gadebusch was a 1712 engagement in the Great Northern War in which Swedish forces under Magnus Stenbock won a notable victory over a larger Danish-Saxon army in northern Germany.
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A.
Battle of Wilhelmsthal
The Battle of Wilhelmsthal was a 1762 engagement of the Seven Years' War in which Allied forces, including those led by Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, defeated the French in western Germany.
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B.
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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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 Ziegenhain
The Battle of Ziegenhain was a minor engagement of the Seven Years' War in which Allied forces under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick clashed with French troops in Hesse.
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E.
Battle of Krefeld
The Battle of Krefeld was a 1758 Seven Years' War engagement in which Allied forces under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick defeated the French army in western Germany.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Gadebusch 1712
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Battle of Gadebusch ⓘ
surface form:
Slaget vid Gadebusch
|
| belligerent |
Denmark–Norway
ⓘ
Electorate of Saxony ⓘ Sweden ⓘ |
| combatant |
Danish Army
ⓘ
surface form:
Danish army
Saxon army ⓘ Swedish Army ⓘ
surface form:
Swedish army
|
| combatantStrength | Swedish army smaller than opposing Danish-Saxon army ⓘ |
| commander |
Frederick IV of Denmark–Norway
ⓘ
Jakob Heinrich von Flemming ⓘ Jobst von Scholten ⓘ Magnus Stenbock ⓘ |
| commandingOfficerSide |
Jakob Heinrich von Flemming commanded Saxon forces
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Jobst von Scholten commanded Danish forces ⓘ Magnus Stenbock ⓘ
surface form:
Magnus Stenbock commanded Swedish forces
|
| conflict | Great Northern War ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Electorate of Saxony
ⓘ
Denmark–Norway ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Denmark–Norway
Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ |
| date | 1712-12-20 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Battle of Tönning
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Swedish retreat into Holstein ⓘ |
| hasCasualties |
heavy casualties on Danish-Saxon side
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significant but lower casualties on Swedish side ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early 18th century ⓘ |
| location |
Nordwestmecklenburg
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surface form:
Mecklenburg
near Gadebusch ⓘ northern Germany ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Swedish victory against numerically superior enemy
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last major Swedish field victory in the Great Northern War ⓘ |
| outcome | decisive Swedish victory ⓘ |
| partOf |
Danish campaign against Swedish possessions in northern Germany
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Great Northern War ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Poltava ⓘ |
| result | Swedish victory ⓘ |
| strategicEffect | temporarily halted Danish advance in northern Germany ⓘ |
| tacticalFeature |
effective Swedish cavalry charges
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use of oblique order by Swedish army ⓘ |
| theater | Northern Germany ⓘ |
| usedForces |
artillery
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cavalry ⓘ infantry ⓘ |
| year | 1712 ⓘ |
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Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Slaget vid Gadebusch