Battle of Dennewitz
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The Battle of Dennewitz was a significant 1813 engagement in the Napoleonic Wars in which Prussian-led coalition forces defeated a French army in Brandenburg, contributing to the rollback of Napoleon’s control in Germany.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Dennewitz canonical | 3 |
| Battle of Großbeeren | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1416830 — 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)
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Target entity: Battle of Dennewitz Context triple: [War of the Sixth Coalition, majorBattle, Battle of Dennewitz]
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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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Battle of Bautzen
The Battle of Bautzen was a major World War II engagement in April 1945 between German and Soviet-led Polish forces near the German town of Bautzen, notable as one of the last significant German tactical victories on the Eastern Front.
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Battle of Bautzen
The Battle of Bautzen was a significant 1813 engagement during the Napoleonic Wars in which Napoleon’s forces fought a large Russo-Prussian army in eastern Saxony, contributing to the shifting fortunes of the War of the Sixth Coalition.
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Battle of Dresden
The Battle of Dresden was a significant 1813 Napoleonic victory in Saxony, where Napoleon’s forces defeated a larger coalition army during the German campaign of the War of the Sixth Coalition.
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Battle of Gadebusch
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.
- 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 Dennewitz Target entity description: The Battle of Dennewitz was a significant 1813 engagement in the Napoleonic Wars in which Prussian-led coalition forces defeated a French army in Brandenburg, contributing to the rollback of Napoleon’s control in 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 Bautzen
The Battle of Bautzen was a major World War II engagement in April 1945 between German and Soviet-led Polish forces near the German town of Bautzen, notable as one of the last significant German tactical victories on the Eastern Front.
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C.
Battle of Bautzen
The Battle of Bautzen was a significant 1813 engagement during the Napoleonic Wars in which Napoleon’s forces fought a large Russo-Prussian army in eastern Saxony, contributing to the shifting fortunes of the War of the Sixth Coalition.
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Battle of Dresden
The Battle of Dresden was a significant 1813 Napoleonic victory in Saxony, where Napoleon’s forces defeated a larger coalition army during the German campaign of the War of the Sixth Coalition.
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E.
Battle of Gadebusch
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Confederation of the Rhine
ⓘ
First French Empire ⓘ
surface form:
French Empire
Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ |
| campaign | German campaign of 1813 ⓘ |
| casualties |
heavy French casualties
ⓘ
moderate coalition casualties ⓘ |
| coalitionForce | Army of the North ⓘ |
| coalitionLeader |
Jean Baptiste Bernadotte
ⓘ
surface form:
Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
|
| commander |
Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien
ⓘ
Crown Prince Charles John of Sweden ⓘ Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow ⓘ
surface form:
Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow
Jean Baptiste Bernadotte ⓘ
surface form:
Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg ⓘ Michel Ney ⓘ
surface form:
Marshal Michel Ney
Oudinot ⓘ |
| conflict | Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| date | 6 September 1813 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of Leipzig ⓘ |
| FrenchForce |
III Corps
ⓘ
VII Corps ⓘ XII Corps ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
boosted Prussian prestige in the Sixth Coalition
ⓘ
contributed to coalition momentum before Leipzig ⓘ |
| location |
Brandenburg
ⓘ
Dennewitz ⓘ Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
|
| notableFeature |
Prussian Landwehr participation
ⓘ
significant Saxon desertions to coalition side ⓘ |
| opponentCommander |
Michel Ney
ⓘ
surface form:
Marshal Michel Ney
Marshal Nicolas Oudinot ⓘ
surface form:
Nicolas Oudinot
|
| partOf |
Napoleonic Wars
ⓘ
War of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Battle of Dennewitz
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Battle of Großbeeren
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| result |
Coalition victory
ⓘ
Prussian-led victory ⓘ |
| strategicEffect |
halted French advance on Berlin
ⓘ
weakened Napoleon’s control in Germany ⓘ |
| strategicObjective | defense of Berlin ⓘ |
| year | 1813 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Dennewitz Description of subject: The Battle of Dennewitz was a significant 1813 engagement in the Napoleonic Wars in which Prussian-led coalition forces defeated a French army in Brandenburg, contributing to the rollback of Napoleon’s control in Germany.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Battle of Großbeeren