Malplaquet

E71906

battle historic battlefield locality

Malplaquet is a locality on the border between modern-day France and Belgium, historically notable as the site of a major battle during the War of the Spanish Succession.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Malplaquet canonical	7

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ historic battlefield ⓘ locality ⓘ
belligerent	Grand Alliance ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ
casualties	very high on both sides ⓘ
commander	John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ⓘ surface form: Duke of Marlborough Marshal Claude Louis Hector de Villars ⓘ surface form: Marshal Villars Prince Eugene of Savoy ⓘ
coordinateEvent	War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
countryDuringEvent	Kingdom of France ⓘ
date	1709-09-11 ⓘ
hasEvent	Battle of Malplaquet ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 18th century ⓘ
locatedAt	Malplaquet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
locatedIn	Hauts-de-France ⓘ northern France ⓘ
locatedNear	Belgium ⓘ Mons ⓘ Mons ⓘ border between France and Belgium ⓘ
notableFor	Battle of Malplaquet ⓘ one of the bloodiest battles of the 18th century ⓘ
partOf	French-Belgian border region ⓘ War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
result	strategic French advantage ⓘ tactical Allied victory ⓘ
terrainFeature	rural landscape ⓘ wooded area ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Malplaquet → location → Malplaquet ⓘ

Coldstream Guards → battleHonour → Malplaquet ⓘ

Royal Scots → battleHonours → Malplaquet ⓘ

Malplaquet → locatedAt → Malplaquet self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Malplaquet

1st Dragoons (Royal Dragoons) → notableBattleHonour → Malplaquet ⓘ

Marlborough dukedom → linkedToBattleHonour → Malplaquet ⓘ

Royal Welch Fusiliers → battleHonour → Malplaquet ⓘ