Napoleonic Wars engagement
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The Napoleonic Wars engagement at Corunna was a 1809 battle in northwestern Spain during the Peninsular War, where British forces under Sir John Moore fought a rearguard action against the French to enable the evacuation of the British army.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Napoleonic Wars engagement canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5873768 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Napoleonic Wars engagement Context triple: [Corunna, wasSiteOf, Napoleonic Wars engagement]
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A.
Waterloo Campaign
The Waterloo Campaign was Napoleon Bonaparte’s final military campaign in 1815, culminating in his decisive defeat at the Battle of Waterloo and the end of his rule.
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B.
Eastern Front of the Napoleonic Wars
The Eastern Front of the Napoleonic Wars was the vast theater of conflict in Eastern Europe where Napoleon’s forces clashed with the Russian Empire, culminating in major campaigns such as the 1812 invasion of Russia.
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C.
Napoleonic battlefields
Napoleonic battlefields are historic European combat sites from the Napoleonic Wars, now preserved as cultural and tourist destinations commemorating key military engagements of the early 19th century.
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D.
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of major early-19th-century conflicts pitting Napoleonic France against various European coalitions, reshaping the continent’s political order and leading to Napoleon Bonaparte’s eventual defeat.
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E.
War of the Fifth Coalition
The War of the Fifth Coalition was a 1809 conflict in which Austria, supported by Britain, fought and was ultimately defeated by Napoleon’s French Empire, notably culminating in the Battle of Wagram and the Treaty of Schönbrunn.
- 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: Napoleonic Wars engagement Target entity description: The Napoleonic Wars engagement at Corunna was a 1809 battle in northwestern Spain during the Peninsular War, where British forces under Sir John Moore fought a rearguard action against the French to enable the evacuation of the British army.
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A.
Waterloo Campaign
The Waterloo Campaign was Napoleon Bonaparte’s final military campaign in 1815, culminating in his decisive defeat at the Battle of Waterloo and the end of his rule.
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B.
Eastern Front of the Napoleonic Wars
The Eastern Front of the Napoleonic Wars was the vast theater of conflict in Eastern Europe where Napoleon’s forces clashed with the Russian Empire, culminating in major campaigns such as the 1812 invasion of Russia.
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C.
Napoleonic battlefields
Napoleonic battlefields are historic European combat sites from the Napoleonic Wars, now preserved as cultural and tourist destinations commemorating key military engagements of the early 19th century.
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D.
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of major early-19th-century conflicts pitting Napoleonic France against various European coalitions, reshaping the continent’s political order and leading to Napoleon Bonaparte’s eventual defeat.
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E.
War of the Fifth Coalition
The War of the Fifth Coalition was a 1809 conflict in which Austria, supported by Britain, fought and was ultimately defeated by Napoleon’s French Empire, notably culminating in the Battle of Wagram and the Treaty of Schönbrunn.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Napoleonic Wars engagement
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battle ⓘ |
| belligerent |
First French Empire
NERFINISHED
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| commander |
Jean-de-Dieu Soult
NERFINISHED
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Sir John Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictOf | Peninsular War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | British evacuation by sea ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Battle of La Coruña NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCampaign | Corunna campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCasualties |
British casualties
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French casualties ⓘ |
| hasCountry | Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDate | 16 January 1809 ⓘ |
| hasDomain | military history ⓘ |
| hasEra | Napoleonic era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForceType |
British expeditionary force
NERFINISHED
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French field army ⓘ |
| hasFront | Peninsular front of the Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
A Coruña
NERFINISHED
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Corunna NERFINISHED ⓘ Galicia NERFINISHED ⓘ northwestern Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLogistics | evacuation by transport ships ⓘ |
| hasMemorial | monument to Sir John Moore in A Coruña ⓘ |
| hasObjective | cover evacuation of British army ⓘ |
| hasOutcome |
British army preserved
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British forces withdrawn from Spain ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryWeaponry | muskets and artillery ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
boosted British public sympathy for Sir John Moore
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enabled continued British participation in Peninsular War from Portugal ⓘ |
| hasStrategicContext |
British intervention in Iberia against Napoleon
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French invasion of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTactic | defensive position covering harbor ⓘ |
| hasTerrain |
coastal area
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hills overlooking Corunna harbor ⓘ |
| hasTheater | Iberian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasType | rearguard action ⓘ |
| hasWeather | winter conditions ⓘ |
| hasYear | 1809 ⓘ |
| involves | Royal Navy evacuation fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | death of Sir John Moore ⓘ |
| opposedForce | French Army of Galicia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| precededBy | British retreat to Corunna ⓘ |
| result |
British tactical victory
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strategic French advantage in northern Spain ⓘ successful British evacuation ⓘ |
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Subject: Napoleonic Wars engagement Description of subject: The Napoleonic Wars engagement at Corunna was a 1809 battle in northwestern Spain during the Peninsular War, where British forces under Sir John Moore fought a rearguard action against the French to enable the evacuation of the British army.
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