Battle of Rouvray (Battle of the Herrings)
E598912
The Battle of Rouvray, also known as the Battle of the Herrings, was a 1429 Hundred Years’ War engagement in which an English supply convoy carrying Lenten herrings to Orléans defeated a French-Scottish force attempting to break the siege.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Rouvray (Battle of the Herrings) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6632837 — 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 Rouvray (Battle of the Herrings) Context triple: [Siege of Orléans, precededBy, Battle of Rouvray (Battle of the Herrings)]
-
A.
Battle of Bruyères
The Battle of Bruyères was a World War II engagement in October 1944 in eastern France where the U.S. Army’s 442nd Regimental Combat Team, composed largely of Japanese American soldiers, fought to liberate the town from German forces.
-
B.
Battle of Honnecourt
The Battle of Honnecourt was a 1642 engagement of the Thirty Years' War in which Spanish forces defeated the French army in northern France.
-
C.
Battle of Rocoux
The Battle of Rocoux was a 1746 engagement near Liège in which French forces under Marshal Saxe defeated an allied army of Britain, the Dutch Republic, and Austria during the War of the Austrian Succession.
-
D.
Battle of l'Écluse
The Battle of l'Écluse was a major 1340 naval engagement of the Hundred Years' War in which the English fleet decisively defeated the French, securing control of the English Channel.
-
E.
Battle of Héricourt
The Battle of Héricourt was a 1474 engagement in the Burgundian Wars in which Swiss and allied forces defeated the troops of Charles the Bold, weakening Burgundian power in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Battle of Rouvray (Battle of the Herrings) Target entity description: The Battle of Rouvray, also known as the Battle of the Herrings, was a 1429 Hundred Years’ War engagement in which an English supply convoy carrying Lenten herrings to Orléans defeated a French-Scottish force attempting to break the siege.
-
A.
Battle of Bruyères
The Battle of Bruyères was a World War II engagement in October 1944 in eastern France where the U.S. Army’s 442nd Regimental Combat Team, composed largely of Japanese American soldiers, fought to liberate the town from German forces.
-
B.
Battle of Honnecourt
The Battle of Honnecourt was a 1642 engagement of the Thirty Years' War in which Spanish forces defeated the French army in northern France.
-
C.
Battle of Rocoux
The Battle of Rocoux was a 1746 engagement near Liège in which French forces under Marshal Saxe defeated an allied army of Britain, the Dutch Republic, and Austria during the War of the Austrian Succession.
-
D.
Battle of l'Écluse
The Battle of l'Écluse was a major 1340 naval engagement of the Hundred Years' War in which the English fleet decisively defeated the French, securing control of the English Channel.
-
E.
Battle of Héricourt
The Battle of Héricourt was a 1474 engagement in the Burgundian Wars in which Swiss and allied forces defeated the troops of Charles the Bold, weakening Burgundian power in the region.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
event in the Hundred Years' War ⓘ military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Battle of the Herrings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Burgundian allies of England
ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ Kingdom of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| casualties |
heavy French-Scottish casualties
ⓘ
light English casualties ⓘ |
| causeOfName | English convoy loaded with barrels of herrings ⓘ |
| combatantStrength |
larger French-Scottish force
ⓘ
smaller English force ⓘ |
| commander |
Charles of Bourbon, Count of Clermont
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
John Stuart of Darnley NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis of Bourbon, Count of Vendôme NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir John Fastolf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Hundred Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consequence |
secured English supply line to besiegers at Orléans
ⓘ
temporary strengthening of English position around Orléans ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | 12 February 1429 ⓘ |
| followedBy | arrival of Joan of Arc at Orléans ⓘ |
| hasCasusBelli | attempt to break the English siege of Orléans ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Beauce NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
near Rouvray, France
ⓘ
near Rouvray-Saint-Denis, France ⓘ |
| notableFor |
English use of defensive wagon laager
ⓘ
large quantities of herrings carried for Lent ⓘ |
| objective |
to intercept an English supply convoy to Orléans
ⓘ
to protect an English supply convoy to Orléans ⓘ |
| opponent |
English army
ⓘ
French-Scottish army ⓘ |
| partOf | Hundred Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | earlier phases of the Siege of Orléans ⓘ |
| presentDayRegion | Centre-Val de Loire, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Siege of Orléans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Lenten season ⓘ |
| result | English victory ⓘ |
| supplyType |
barrels of salted herrings
ⓘ
food supplies ⓘ |
| tactics |
English longbowmen behind wagons
ⓘ
French-Scottish cavalry and infantry assaults ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years' War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| weaponUsed | English longbow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 1429 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Battle of Rouvray (Battle of the Herrings) Description of subject: The Battle of Rouvray, also known as the Battle of the Herrings, was a 1429 Hundred Years’ War engagement in which an English supply convoy carrying Lenten herrings to Orléans defeated a French-Scottish force attempting to break the siege.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.