Battle of Laon
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The Battle of Laon was a significant 1814 engagement of the Napoleonic Wars in which Prussian and allied forces under Blücher halted Napoleon’s attempts to defend France from the advancing Sixth Coalition.
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| Battle of Laon canonical | 2 |
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Target entity: Battle of Laon Context triple: [War of the Sixth Coalition, majorBattle, Battle of Laon]
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Battle of Soissons
The Battle of Soissons was a major World War I engagement in July 1918 near Soissons, France, where Allied forces, including U.S. Marines, launched a successful counteroffensive that helped turn the tide against Germany on the Western Front.
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Battle of Orthes
The Battle of Orthez was a major engagement of the Peninsular War in February 1814, in which Wellington’s Anglo-Portuguese forces defeated Marshal Soult’s French army in southwestern France.
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Battle of Tours
The Battle of Tours was an 8th-century clash in present-day France where Frankish forces under Charles Martel halted a major Muslim expansion into Western Europe, shaping the continent’s subsequent religious and political landscape.
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Battle of Lauffeld
The Battle of Lauffeld was a 1747 engagement in present-day Belgium in which French forces under Marshal Maurice de Saxe defeated an allied British, Dutch, and Austrian army led by the Duke of Cumberland.
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Battle of Lens
The Battle of Lens was a major 1648 engagement in the Thirty Years’ War and the Franco-Spanish War, where French forces under the Prince de Condé defeated the Spanish army in the Spanish Netherlands.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Battle of Laon Target entity description: The Battle of Laon was a significant 1814 engagement of the Napoleonic Wars in which Prussian and allied forces under Blücher halted Napoleon’s attempts to defend France from the advancing Sixth Coalition.
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A.
Battle of Soissons
The Battle of Soissons was a major World War I engagement in July 1918 near Soissons, France, where Allied forces, including U.S. Marines, launched a successful counteroffensive that helped turn the tide against Germany on the Western Front.
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B.
Battle of Orthes
The Battle of Orthez was a major engagement of the Peninsular War in February 1814, in which Wellington’s Anglo-Portuguese forces defeated Marshal Soult’s French army in southwestern France.
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C.
Battle of Tours
The Battle of Tours was an 8th-century clash in present-day France where Frankish forces under Charles Martel halted a major Muslim expansion into Western Europe, shaping the continent’s subsequent religious and political landscape.
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D.
Battle of Lauffeld
The Battle of Lauffeld was a 1747 engagement in present-day Belgium in which French forces under Marshal Maurice de Saxe defeated an allied British, Dutch, and Austrian army led by the Duke of Cumberland.
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Battle of Lens
The Battle of Lens was a major 1648 engagement in the Thirty Years’ War and the Franco-Spanish War, where French forces under the Prince de Condé defeated the Spanish army in the Spanish Netherlands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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engagement of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Battle of Laon (1814) ⓘ |
| belligerent |
First French Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
French Empire
Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
Russian Empire ⓘ War of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ
surface form:
Sixth Coalition
Sweden ⓘ |
| campaign | Six Days’ Campaign aftermath ⓘ |
| casualtiesCoalition | several thousand killed and wounded ⓘ |
| casualtiesFrench |
several thousand captured
ⓘ
several thousand killed and wounded ⓘ |
| commander |
August Neidhardt von Gneisenau
ⓘ
Marshal Auguste de Marmont ⓘ
surface form:
Auguste de Marmont
Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow ⓘ Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ⓘ Napoleon I ⓘ
surface form:
Napoleon I of France
Yorck von Wartenburg ⓘ Étienne Maurice Gérard ⓘ |
| commandStructureCoalition | Blücher under overall Coalition command ⓘ |
| conflict | Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | First French Empire ⓘ |
| date |
10 March 1814
ⓘ
9 March 1814 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Late Napoleonic era ⓘ |
| involvedUnit |
French Army of the North
ⓘ
Prussian Army ⓘ
surface form:
Prussian Army of Silesia
|
| location |
Aisne
ⓘ
France ⓘ Laon ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Night attack on Marmont’s corps on 9–10 March 1814 ⓘ |
| objectiveCoalition | Stop Napoleon and continue advance into France ⓘ |
| objectiveFrench | Defeat Blücher and relieve pressure on Paris ⓘ |
| partOf | War of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Craonne ⓘ |
| result |
Coalition victory
ⓘ
War of the Seventh Coalition ⓘ
surface form:
Defeat of Napoleon
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| strategicEffect |
Halted Napoleon’s attempt to defeat Blücher’s army in northern France
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Helped open the road to Paris for the Sixth Coalition ⓘ |
| strengthCoalition | approximately 80,000–90,000 soldiers ⓘ |
| strengthFrench | approximately 37,000 soldiers ⓘ |
| theater | French campaign of 1814 ⓘ |
| year | 1814 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Laon Description of subject: The Battle of Laon was a significant 1814 engagement of the Napoleonic Wars in which Prussian and allied forces under Blücher halted Napoleon’s attempts to defend France from the advancing Sixth Coalition.
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