Battle of Fishguard
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The Battle of Fishguard was a brief 1797 military engagement in Wales in which local forces repelled a small French invasion, often remembered as the last armed invasion of mainland Britain.
All labels observed (1)
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| Battle of Fishguard canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9254905 — 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 Fishguard Context triple: [Last invasion of Britain, hasPart, Battle of Fishguard]
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A.
Battle of St Fagans
The Battle of St Fagans was a 1648 engagement near Cardiff in Wales in which Parliamentarian forces decisively defeated a larger Royalist army during the later stages of the English Civil Wars.
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B.
Battle of Bridport
The Battle of Bridport was a skirmish in 1685 during the Monmouth Rebellion in Dorset, England, where rebel forces clashed with royal troops in the lead-up to the rebellion’s decisive defeat.
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C.
Battle of Peterwardein
The Battle of Peterwardein was a major 1716 engagement in which Habsburg forces under Prince Eugene of Savoy decisively defeated the Ottoman Empire, helping to shift the balance of power in Central and Southeastern Europe.
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D.
Battle of Solway Moss
The Battle of Solway Moss was a 1542 clash between English and Scottish forces near the River Esk that ended in a disastrous defeat for Scotland and weakened the rule of James V.
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E.
Battle of the Kentish Knock
The Battle of the Kentish Knock was a major naval engagement of the First Anglo-Dutch War (1652–1654) fought between English and Dutch fleets off the Kentish Knock sandbank in the North Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of Fishguard Target entity description: The Battle of Fishguard was a brief 1797 military engagement in Wales in which local forces repelled a small French invasion, often remembered as the last armed invasion of mainland Britain.
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A.
Battle of St Fagans
The Battle of St Fagans was a 1648 engagement near Cardiff in Wales in which Parliamentarian forces decisively defeated a larger Royalist army during the later stages of the English Civil Wars.
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B.
Battle of Bridport
The Battle of Bridport was a skirmish in 1685 during the Monmouth Rebellion in Dorset, England, where rebel forces clashed with royal troops in the lead-up to the rebellion’s decisive defeat.
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C.
Battle of Peterwardein
The Battle of Peterwardein was a major 1716 engagement in which Habsburg forces under Prince Eugene of Savoy decisively defeated the Ottoman Empire, helping to shift the balance of power in Central and Southeastern Europe.
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D.
Battle of Solway Moss
The Battle of Solway Moss was a 1542 clash between English and Scottish forces near the River Esk that ended in a disastrous defeat for Scotland and weakened the rule of James V.
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E.
Battle of the Kentish Knock
The Battle of the Kentish Knock was a major naval engagement of the First Anglo-Dutch War (1652–1654) fought between English and Dutch fleets off the Kentish Knock sandbank in the North Sea.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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invasion of Britain ⓘ military engagement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Last invasion of Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Jemima Nicholas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
French First Republic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| BritishCommander | John Campbell, 1st Baron Cawdor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| BritishForceSize | approximately 600–700 militia and volunteers ⓘ |
| casualtiesBritish | minimal ⓘ |
| casualtiesFrench | low, including some killed and wounded ⓘ |
| combatant |
British local militia
ⓘ
Fishguard Volunteer Infantry NERFINISHED ⓘ French First Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Pembrokeshire Yeomanry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander |
Lord Cawdor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
William Tate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| culturalMemory | often portrayed as a comic or farcical invasion ⓘ |
| date | 1797-02-22 ⓘ |
| endDate | 1797-02-24 ⓘ |
| FrenchCommander | Colonel William Tate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| FrenchForceSize | approximately 1,200 soldiers ⓘ |
| FrenchObjective |
divert British forces from other fronts
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incite Welsh rebellion against British rule ⓘ |
| hasPart |
French landing at Carreg Wastad Point
NERFINISHED
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French surrender at Goodwick Sands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | last time foreign troops landed in force on mainland Britain ⓘ |
| invasionType | amphibious landing ⓘ |
| landingSite | Carreg Wastad Point NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legacy |
commemorated locally in Fishguard and Goodwick
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subject of Welsh folklore ⓘ |
| location |
Pembrokeshire
NERFINISHED
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Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Fishguard
NERFINISHED
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Goodwick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
French troops looting local farms and villages
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being remembered as the last armed invasion of mainland Britain ⓘ rapid collapse of French discipline ⓘ |
| partOf |
Expédition d’Irlande operations
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French Revolutionary Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| place | Fishguard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | French attempts to land forces in Ireland ⓘ |
| result |
British victory
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French surrender ⓘ |
| surrenderDate | 1797-02-24 ⓘ |
| surrenderLocation | Goodwick Sands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 1797 ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Battle of Fishguard Description of subject: The Battle of Fishguard was a brief 1797 military engagement in Wales in which local forces repelled a small French invasion, often remembered as the last armed invasion of mainland Britain.
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