Battle of Guaqui
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The Battle of Guaqui was a major 1811 engagement in the Argentine War of Independence in which Spanish royalist forces decisively defeated the revolutionary Army of the North near Lake Titicaca, halting the patriots’ advance into Upper Peru.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Batalla de Guaqui | 1 |
| Battle of Guaqui canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8869052 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Guaqui Context triple: [Battle of Huaqui, alsoKnownAs, Battle of Guaqui]
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Battle of Cotagaita
The Battle of Cotagaita was an early engagement in the Argentine War of Independence in which revolutionary forces unsuccessfully attacked royalist positions in Upper Peru (present-day Bolivia).
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Battle of Las Guasimas
The Battle of Las Guasimas was an early engagement of the Spanish–American War in Cuba, where U.S. and Cuban forces clashed with Spanish troops shortly before the more famous assaults on San Juan Heights.
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Battle of El Uvero
The Battle of El Uvero was a 1957 clash in Cuba’s Sierra Maestra in which Fidel Castro’s rebel forces scored an early, morale-boosting victory against Batista’s army during the Cuban Revolution.
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Battle of Pantano de Vargas
The Battle of Pantano de Vargas was a decisive 1819 engagement in present-day Colombia in which patriot forces under Simón Bolívar and General José María Córdova secured a crucial victory that paved the way for independence from Spanish rule.
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Battle of Zarumilla
The Battle of Zarumilla was a key 1941 land engagement between Ecuador and Peru that decisively shaped the outcome of their brief border war.
- 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: Battle of Guaqui Target entity description: The Battle of Guaqui was a major 1811 engagement in the Argentine War of Independence in which Spanish royalist forces decisively defeated the revolutionary Army of the North near Lake Titicaca, halting the patriots’ advance into Upper Peru.
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A.
Battle of Cotagaita
The Battle of Cotagaita was an early engagement in the Argentine War of Independence in which revolutionary forces unsuccessfully attacked royalist positions in Upper Peru (present-day Bolivia).
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B.
Battle of Las Guasimas
The Battle of Las Guasimas was an early engagement of the Spanish–American War in Cuba, where U.S. and Cuban forces clashed with Spanish troops shortly before the more famous assaults on San Juan Heights.
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C.
Battle of El Uvero
The Battle of El Uvero was a 1957 clash in Cuba’s Sierra Maestra in which Fidel Castro’s rebel forces scored an early, morale-boosting victory against Batista’s army during the Cuban Revolution.
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D.
Battle of Pantano de Vargas
The Battle of Pantano de Vargas was a decisive 1819 engagement in present-day Colombia in which patriot forces under Simón Bolívar and General José María Córdova secured a crucial victory that paved the way for independence from Spanish rule.
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E.
Battle of Zarumilla
The Battle of Zarumilla was a key 1941 land engagement between Ecuador and Peru that decisively shaped the outcome of their brief border war.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Batalla de Guaqui
NERFINISHED
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Batalla de Huaqui NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Huaqui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Army of the North
NERFINISHED
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Spanish royalist forces ⓘ patriot revolutionary forces ⓘ |
| campaign | First Upper Peru campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| combatant |
Spanish Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander |
Antonio González Balcarce
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
José Manuel de Goyeneche NERFINISHED ⓘ Juan José Castelli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Argentine War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | 1811-06-20 ⓘ |
| effect |
forced the Army of the North to withdraw
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weakened the position of the Buenos Aires Junta in Upper Peru ⓘ |
| followedBy |
patriot retreat from Upper Peru
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royalist counteroffensive in Upper Peru ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Latin American wars of independence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Upper Peru
NERFINISHED
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near Lake Titicaca ⓘ vicinity of Guaqui ⓘ |
| near | Lake Titicaca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Argentine War of Independence
NERFINISHED
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Upper Peru campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | First Upper Peru campaign operations ⓘ |
| presentDayLocation |
Bolivia
NERFINISHED
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border region of Bolivia and Peru ⓘ |
| result |
decisive royalist victory
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royalist victory ⓘ |
| significance |
halted the patriots’ advance into Upper Peru
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secured royalist control of Upper Peru in 1811 ⓘ |
| theater | Upper Peru theater of the Argentine War of Independence ⓘ |
| year | 1811 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Battle of Guaqui Description of subject: The Battle of Guaqui was a major 1811 engagement in the Argentine War of Independence in which Spanish royalist forces decisively defeated the revolutionary Army of the North near Lake Titicaca, halting the patriots’ advance into Upper Peru.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Batalla de Guaqui