Battle of Paoli

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battle engagement of the American Revolutionary War

The Battle of Paoli was a 1777 nighttime surprise attack during the American Revolutionary War in which British forces routed Continental troops near Paoli, Pennsylvania, earning the nickname “Paoli Massacre.”

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Paoli canonical	3
Battle of Paoli Tavern	1
Night attack at Paoli during the American Revolutionary War	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ engagement of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Paoli ⓘ surface form: Battle of Paoli Tavern Paoli Massacre ⓘ
AmericanCasualties	significant ⓘ
AmericanCommander	Anthony Wayne ⓘ surface form: Brigadier General Anthony Wayne
AmericanCommanderRank	Brigadier General ⓘ
AmericanForceType	Continental Army division ⓘ
belligerent	Continental Army ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
BritishCasualties	light ⓘ
BritishCommander	Major General Charles Grey ⓘ
BritishCommanderRank	Major General ⓘ
BritishForceType	regular infantry and light infantry ⓘ
campaign	British campaign to occupy Philadelphia in 1777 ⓘ
category	Battles involving Great Britain ⓘ Battles involving the United States ⓘ Battles of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
cause	British attempt to neutralize American forces threatening their supply lines ⓘ
commander	Anthony Wayne ⓘ Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey ⓘ surface form: Charles Grey
commemoratedBy	monuments at Paoli Battlefield ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Thirteen Colonies ⓘ surface form: United States (then Thirteen Colonies)
date	September 20–21, 1777 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Germantown ⓘ
legacy	became a rallying cry for American troops ⓘ
location	Chester County, Pennsylvania ⓘ near Paoli, Pennsylvania ⓘ
memorial	Paoli Battlefield Historic Site ⓘ
memorialLocation	Malvern, Pennsylvania ⓘ
nicknameOrigin	called "Paoli Massacre" by Americans due to high number of American casualties and bayonet wounds ⓘ
notableFeature	British troops ordered to remove flints from muskets and rely on bayonets ⓘ
objective	British attempt to destroy or disperse Anthony Wayne’s division ⓘ
partOf	Philadelphia campaign ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Brandywine ⓘ
result	British victory ⓘ
state	Pennsylvania ⓘ
strategicContext	occurred during British advance to capture Philadelphia ⓘ
tacticsUsed	bayonet charge ⓘ night attack ⓘ surprise attack ⓘ
theater	Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
timeOfDay	night ⓘ
year	1777 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction

You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.

Input

Subject: Battle of Paoli
Description of subject: The Battle of Paoli was a 1777 nighttime surprise attack during the American Revolutionary War in which British forces routed Continental troops near Paoli, Pennsylvania, earning the nickname “Paoli Massacre.”

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Brandywine → followedBy → Battle of Paoli ⓘ

Battle of the Clouds → followedBy → Battle of Paoli ⓘ

Howe’s 1777 Philadelphia campaign → hasBattle → Battle of Paoli ⓘ

Battle of Paoli → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Paoli ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Paoli Tavern

Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey → notableEvent → Battle of Paoli ⓘ

this entity surface form: Night attack at Paoli during the American Revolutionary War