Battle of Bailén
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The Battle of Bailén was a major 1808 engagement in the Peninsular War in which Spanish forces won a decisive victory over Napoleon’s army, marking the first open-field defeat of French imperial troops.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Bailén canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3099616 — 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.
Target entity: Battle of Bailén Context triple: [Bailén, knownFor, Battle of Bailén]
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Battle of Molino del Rey
The Battle of Molino del Rey was a major engagement during the Mexican–American War in 1847, in which U.S. forces attacked Mexican positions near Mexico City as part of the campaign to capture the capital.
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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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Battle of Vélez-Málaga
The Battle of Vélez-Málaga was a major 1704 naval engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession between an Anglo-Dutch fleet and a French fleet off the coast of southern Spain.
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Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro
The Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro was a major engagement of the Peninsular War in May 1811, in which Wellington’s Anglo-Portuguese army fought Marshal Masséna’s French forces near the Spanish-Portuguese border to secure the fortress city of Almeida.
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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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Battle of Bailén Target entity description: The Battle of Bailén was a major 1808 engagement in the Peninsular War in which Spanish forces won a decisive victory over Napoleon’s army, marking the first open-field defeat of French imperial troops.
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A.
Battle of Molino del Rey
The Battle of Molino del Rey was a major engagement during the Mexican–American War in 1847, in which U.S. forces attacked Mexican positions near Mexico City as part of the campaign to capture the capital.
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B.
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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C.
Battle of Vélez-Málaga
The Battle of Vélez-Málaga was a major 1704 naval engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession between an Anglo-Dutch fleet and a French fleet off the coast of southern Spain.
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Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro
The Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro was a major engagement of the Peninsular War in May 1811, in which Wellington’s Anglo-Portuguese army fought Marshal Masséna’s French forces near the Spanish-Portuguese border to secure the fortress city of Almeida.
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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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Batalla de Bailén ⓘ |
| belligerent |
First French Empire
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Spanish Empire ⓘ |
| casualties |
heavy French casualties
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significant Spanish casualties ⓘ |
| cause | Spanish resistance to French occupation ⓘ |
| combatant |
French imperial troops
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Spanish forces ⓘ |
| commander |
Dominique Honoré Antoine Vedel
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Francisco Javier Castaños ⓘ Pierre Dupont de l’Étang ⓘ Theodor von Reding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Peninsular War ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | Kingdom of Spain ⓘ |
| date | 1808-07-16 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1808-07-19 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
French evacuation of Madrid in 1808
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renewed British intervention in the Peninsular War ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Andalusian troops
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French imperial corps of General Dupont ⓘ Swiss regiments in Spanish service ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
| involvedMilitaryBranch |
artillery
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cavalry ⓘ infantry ⓘ |
| location |
Andalusia
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Bailén ⓘ Province of Jaén ⓘ Spain ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first open-field defeat of Napoleon’s imperial army
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major setback for French control in Spain ⓘ |
| opponentOf |
Napoleon I
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surface form:
Napoleon I of France
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| outcome | surrender of General Dupont’s corps ⓘ |
| partOf | Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| precededBy |
The Second of May 1808
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surface form:
Dos de Mayo Uprising
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| result | Spanish victory ⓘ |
| startDate | 1808-07-16 ⓘ |
| strategicEffect |
boosted Spanish morale
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damaged French prestige in Europe ⓘ encouraged further resistance to French rule in the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ |
| theater | Iberian Peninsula ⓘ |
| typeOfEngagement | open-field battle ⓘ |
| year | 1808 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Bailén Description of subject: The Battle of Bailén was a major 1808 engagement in the Peninsular War in which Spanish forces won a decisive victory over Napoleon’s army, marking the first open-field defeat of French imperial troops.
Referenced by (6)
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