Battle of Barrosa
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The Battle of Barrosa was a 1811 engagement of the Peninsular War near Cádiz in southern Spain, where Anglo-Spanish forces defeated a larger French army attempting to break the siege of the city.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Barrosa canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1983384 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Barrosa Context triple: [Colin Campbell, battle, Battle of Barrosa]
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A.
Battle of Albuera
The Battle of Albuera was a major 1811 engagement of the Peninsular War in which British, Spanish, and Portuguese forces fought a bloody but strategically important action against the French in southwestern Spain.
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B.
Battle of Jarama
The Battle of Jarama was a major 1937 engagement of the Spanish Civil War near Madrid, in which Republican forces, including many International Brigades, fought to halt a Nationalist attempt to cut the capital off from Valencia.
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C.
Battle of Monte de las Cruces
The Battle of Monte de las Cruces was a major early victory for Miguel Hidalgo’s insurgent forces over Spanish royalists in 1810, marking a pivotal moment in the Mexican War of Independence.
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D.
Battle of Belchite
The Battle of Belchite was a major 1937 Spanish Civil War offensive in Aragon, where Republican forces, including the International Brigades, unsuccessfully attempted to capture the Nationalist-held town of Belchite.
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E.
Battle of El Roble
The Battle of El Roble was a significant 1813 engagement during the Chilean War of Independence in which patriot forces, led in part by Bernardo O'Higgins, helped solidify the emerging independence movement against Spanish royalist control.
- 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 Barrosa Target entity description: The Battle of Barrosa was a 1811 engagement of the Peninsular War near Cádiz in southern Spain, where Anglo-Spanish forces defeated a larger French army attempting to break the siege of the city.
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A.
Battle of Albuera
The Battle of Albuera was a major 1811 engagement of the Peninsular War in which British, Spanish, and Portuguese forces fought a bloody but strategically important action against the French in southwestern Spain.
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B.
Battle of Jarama
The Battle of Jarama was a major 1937 engagement of the Spanish Civil War near Madrid, in which Republican forces, including many International Brigades, fought to halt a Nationalist attempt to cut the capital off from Valencia.
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C.
Battle of Monte de las Cruces
The Battle of Monte de las Cruces was a major early victory for Miguel Hidalgo’s insurgent forces over Spanish royalists in 1810, marking a pivotal moment in the Mexican War of Independence.
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D.
Battle of Belchite
The Battle of Belchite was a major 1937 Spanish Civil War offensive in Aragon, where Republican forces, including the International Brigades, unsuccessfully attempted to capture the Nationalist-held town of Belchite.
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E.
Battle of El Roble
The Battle of El Roble was a significant 1813 engagement during the Chilean War of Independence in which patriot forces, led in part by Bernardo O'Higgins, helped solidify the emerging independence movement against Spanish royalist control.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| alliedComposition | British and Spanish coalition forces ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Battle of Cerro de los Mártires
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Battle of Chiclana ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Royal Navy support off Cádiz ⓘ |
| belligerent |
First French Empire
ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| BritishForceComponent |
British expeditionary forces
ⓘ
surface form:
British expeditionary corps
|
| campaign | Andalusian campaign of the Peninsular War ⓘ |
| casualtiesSide |
Allied casualties significant but lower than French
ⓘ
French casualties heavy ⓘ |
| commander |
Claude Victor-Perrin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jean François Leval ⓘ Manuel Lapeña ⓘ Thomas Graham ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | battle honours in British Army regiments ⓘ |
| conflict | Peninsular War ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| date | 1811-03-05 ⓘ |
| followedBy | continued Siege of Cádiz ⓘ |
| FrenchCommander | Marshal Victor ⓘ |
| FrenchCommanderRank | Marshal ⓘ |
| frenchObjective | to destroy the relieving force and maintain the siege of Cádiz ⓘ |
| historicalEra | Napoleonic era ⓘ |
| involvedForce |
Anglo-Spanish army
ⓘ
French Army of Andalusia ⓘ |
| location | Barrosa, near Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain ⓘ |
| notableAction | British counter-attack captured French artillery ⓘ |
| notableEvent | capture of a French eagle by British troops ⓘ |
| notableUnit | British 87th Regiment of Foot ⓘ |
| objective | to break the French siege of Cádiz ⓘ |
| opponentStrengthComparison | French army numerically superior to Anglo-Spanish forces ⓘ |
| partOf | Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier operations around Cádiz ⓘ |
| region | Andalusia ⓘ |
| relatedDocument | accounts in Peninsular War histories ⓘ |
| result | Anglo-Spanish victory ⓘ |
| siegeRelatedTo | Siege of Cádiz ⓘ |
| SpanishForceComponent | Spanish troops from Cádiz garrison ⓘ |
| strategicOutcome | siege of Cádiz remained in place ⓘ |
| strategicSignificance | helped sustain Cádiz as a center of Spanish resistance ⓘ |
| tacticalOutcome | decisive tactical defeat of French attacking force ⓘ |
| terrain | wooded ridge and coastal plain ⓘ |
| theatre | Iberian Peninsula ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| year | 1811 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Barrosa Description of subject: The Battle of Barrosa was a 1811 engagement of the Peninsular War near Cádiz in southern Spain, where Anglo-Spanish forces defeated a larger French army attempting to break the siege of the city.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough