Battle of Maxen
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The Battle of Maxen was a 1759 engagement of the Seven Years' War in which an Austrian force encircled and compelled the surrender of a large Prussian corps in Saxony.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Maxen canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Battle of Maxen Context triple: [Leopold Joseph von Daun, notableBattle, Battle of Maxen]
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Battle of Lugos
The Battle of Lugos was a late 17th-century engagement in the Great Turkish War between Habsburg and Ottoman forces in the Kingdom of Hungary.
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Battle of Damour
The Battle of Damour was a key World War II engagement in 1941 during the Allied invasion of Vichy-controlled Syria and Lebanon, marking the final major battle that led to the fall of Beirut and the end of the campaign.
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Battle of Maurica
The Battle of Maurica, better known as the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, was a major 451 AD clash in Roman Gaul where Roman and Visigothic forces halted Attila the Hun’s advance into Western Europe.
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Battle of Lechaeum
The Battle of Lechaeum was a notable engagement of the Corinthian War (390 BC) in which a smaller Athenian force under Iphicrates used peltasts to decisively defeat a Spartan mora near Corinth.
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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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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Battle of Maxen Target entity description: The Battle of Maxen was a 1759 engagement of the Seven Years' War in which an Austrian force encircled and compelled the surrender of a large Prussian corps in Saxony.
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A.
Battle of Lugos
The Battle of Lugos was a late 17th-century engagement in the Great Turkish War between Habsburg and Ottoman forces in the Kingdom of Hungary.
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B.
Battle of Damour
The Battle of Damour was a key World War II engagement in 1941 during the Allied invasion of Vichy-controlled Syria and Lebanon, marking the final major battle that led to the fall of Beirut and the end of the campaign.
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C.
Battle of Maurica
The Battle of Maurica, better known as the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, was a major 451 AD clash in Roman Gaul where Roman and Visigothic forces halted Attila the Hun’s advance into Western Europe.
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Battle of Lechaeum
The Battle of Lechaeum was a notable engagement of the Corinthian War (390 BC) in which a smaller Athenian force under Iphicrates used peltasts to decisively defeat a Spartan mora near Corinth.
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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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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engagement of the Seven Years' War ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Schlacht bei Maxen ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Austria
ⓘ
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form:
Habsburg Monarchy
Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
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| belligerentCommander |
Ernst Gideon von Laudon
ⓘ
surface form:
Ernst Gideon von Laudon for Austria
Franz Moritz von Lacy for Austria ⓘ Friedrich August von Finck (Prussia) ⓘ
surface form:
Friedrich August von Finck for Prussia
Leopold Josef Graf Daun (Austria) ⓘ
surface form:
Leopold Josef Graf Daun for Austria
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| campaign |
Western German campaign of 1759
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surface form:
Saxon campaign of 1759
|
| chronology | fought after the Battle of Hochkirch ⓘ |
| combatant |
Imperial Austrian Army
ⓘ
surface form:
Austrian Army
Prussian Army ⓘ |
| combatantStrength | large Prussian corps ⓘ |
| commander |
Ernst Gideon von Laudon
ⓘ
Franz Moritz von Lacy ⓘ Friedrich August von Finck NERFINISHED ⓘ Count Leopold Joseph von Daun ⓘ
surface form:
Leopold Josef Graf Daun
|
| commandingSide |
Ernst Gideon von Laudon
ⓘ
surface form:
Ernst Gideon von Laudon (Austria)
Franz Moritz von Lacy (Austria) ⓘ Friedrich August von Finck (Prussia) ⓘ Leopold Josef Graf Daun (Austria) ⓘ |
| conflict | Seven Years' War ⓘ |
| conflictType | land battle ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | Electorate of Saxony ⓘ |
| date | 1759-11-20 ⓘ |
| encircled | Prussian corps ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of Meissen (1759) ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
history of Saxony
ⓘ
military history of Austria ⓘ military history of Prussia ⓘ |
| location |
Electorate of Saxony
ⓘ
Maxen ⓘ Saxony ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complete defeat of a detached Prussian corps
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successful Austrian encirclement maneuver ⓘ |
| opponent |
Austria
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Prussia ⓘ |
| outcome | Prussian corps compelled to surrender ⓘ |
| partOf | Third Silesian War ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Kunersdorf ⓘ |
| presentDayLocation | Germany ⓘ |
| result | Austrian victory ⓘ |
| strategicContext | Prussian operations in Saxony ⓘ |
| surrenderedForce | Prussian corps under Finck ⓘ |
| theatre |
European theatre of the Seven Years' War
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surface form:
Central European theatre of the Seven Years' War
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| year | 1759 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Maxen Description of subject: The Battle of Maxen was a 1759 engagement of the Seven Years' War in which an Austrian force encircled and compelled the surrender of a large Prussian corps in Saxony.
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