Battle of Lodi
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The Battle of Lodi was a 1796 engagement in northern Italy during Napoleon Bonaparte’s first Italian campaign, where his forces defeated the Austrians and helped cement his rising military reputation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Lodi canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1955427 — 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 Lodi Context triple: [War of the First Coalition, significantBattle, Battle of Lodi]
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Battle of Bologna
The Battle of Bologna was a late-World War II Allied offensive in April 1945 in northern Italy, in which Polish forces under General Władysław Anders played a key role in capturing the city from German troops.
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B.
Battle of Fornovo
The Battle of Fornovo was a major 1495 clash in northern Italy during the Italian Wars, where a French army under Charles VIII fought a coalition of Italian states in one of the first large-scale battles of the conflict.
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C.
Battle of Arcole
The Battle of Arcole was a significant 1796 engagement during Napoleon Bonaparte’s Italian campaign, where his daring tactics against Austrian forces helped cement his rising military reputation.
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D.
Battle of Ceresole
The Battle of Ceresole was a major 1544 engagement of the Italian Wars in which French forces won a bloody victory over Imperial-Spanish troops in northern Italy.
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E.
Battle of Castelfranco Veneto
The Battle of Castelfranco Veneto was a 1805 engagement in northern Italy during the Napoleonic Wars, in which French forces defeated Austrian troops as part of Napoleon’s campaign against the Third Coalition.
- 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 Lodi Target entity description: The Battle of Lodi was a 1796 engagement in northern Italy during Napoleon Bonaparte’s first Italian campaign, where his forces defeated the Austrians and helped cement his rising military reputation.
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A.
Battle of Bologna
The Battle of Bologna was a late-World War II Allied offensive in April 1945 in northern Italy, in which Polish forces under General Władysław Anders played a key role in capturing the city from German troops.
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B.
Battle of Fornovo
The Battle of Fornovo was a major 1495 clash in northern Italy during the Italian Wars, where a French army under Charles VIII fought a coalition of Italian states in one of the first large-scale battles of the conflict.
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C.
Battle of Arcole
The Battle of Arcole was a significant 1796 engagement during Napoleon Bonaparte’s Italian campaign, where his daring tactics against Austrian forces helped cement his rising military reputation.
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D.
Battle of Ceresole
The Battle of Ceresole was a major 1544 engagement of the Italian Wars in which French forces won a bloody victory over Imperial-Spanish troops in northern Italy.
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E.
Battle of Castelfranco Veneto
The Battle of Castelfranco Veneto was a 1805 engagement in northern Italy during the Napoleonic Wars, in which French forces defeated Austrian troops as part of Napoleon’s campaign against the Third Coalition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| artilleryCaptured | several Austrian guns ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Napoleon’s title “the Little Corporal” in popular legend ⓘ |
| AustrianCasualtiesApproximate | around 2,000 killed and wounded ⓘ |
| AustrianCommander | Karl Philipp Sebottendorf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| AustrianForceApproximateStrength | about 10,000 men ⓘ |
| AustrianPrisonersTakenApproximate | over 2,000 prisoners ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Austrian army
ⓘ
French Republic ⓘ Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form:
Habsburg Monarchy
|
| campaign | Italian campaign of 1796–1797 ⓘ |
| commander | Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ |
| conflict | French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ |
| consequence |
French annexation of Italian states
ⓘ
surface form:
French occupation of Milan
enhanced Napoleon Bonaparte’s military reputation ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | Cisalpine region of northern Italy ⓘ |
| date | 10 May 1796 ⓘ |
| describedIn |
Napoleon’s memoirs dictated to Emmanuel de Las Cases
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surface form:
Napoleon’s later memoirs
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| era |
French Revolutionary Wars
ⓘ
surface form:
French Revolutionary era
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| followedBy | Siege of Mantua (1796–1797) ⓘ |
| FrenchCasualtiesApproximate | around 1,000 killed and wounded ⓘ |
| FrenchCommander | Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ |
| FrenchForceApproximateStrength | about 20,000 men ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | helped cement Napoleon’s image as a brilliant commander ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lombardy
ⓘ
Northern Italy ⓘ
surface form:
northern Italy
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| location | Lodi ⓘ |
| mainBridge | bridge over the Adda at Lodi ⓘ |
| notableParticipant |
André Masséna
ⓘ
Claude Victor-Perrin NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Lannes ⓘ |
| outcome | Austrian forces driven from the field ⓘ |
| partOf |
Italian campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte
ⓘ
surface form:
Napoleon’s first Italian campaign
War of the First Coalition ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Fombio ⓘ |
| result | French victory ⓘ |
| riverCrossed | Adda River ⓘ |
| strategicEffect |
forced Austrian retreat toward Mantua
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opened the road to Milan for the French army ⓘ secured French crossing of the Adda River ⓘ |
| tacticsUsed |
artillery bombardment of Austrian positions
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frontal assault across a defended bridge ⓘ |
| theatre |
Italian campaign of 1796–1797
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surface form:
Italian theatre of the War of the First Coalition
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| year | 1796 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Lodi Description of subject: The Battle of Lodi was a 1796 engagement in northern Italy during Napoleon Bonaparte’s first Italian campaign, where his forces defeated the Austrians and helped cement his rising military reputation.
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