Battle of Fombio
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The Battle of Fombio was a 1796 engagement in Napoleon Bonaparte’s first Italian campaign, where French forces defeated Austrian troops in northern Italy shortly before the more famous Battle of Lodi.
All labels observed (1)
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| Battle of Fombio canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9103598 — 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: Battle of Fombio Context triple: [Battle of Lodi, precededBy, Battle of Fombio]
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Battle of Rovine
The Battle of Rovine was a late 14th-century conflict in which Wallachian forces under Voivode Mircea the Elder resisted an Ottoman invasion, becoming a symbol of medieval Romanian resistance against Ottoman expansion.
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Battle of Baugnez
The Battle of Baugnez refers to the World War II engagement near Malmedy, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge, where American troops were attacked by German forces in the events surrounding the Malmedy massacre.
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C.
Battle of Vailà
The Battle of Vailà, better known as the Battle of Agnadello (1509), was a major engagement of the War of the League of Cambrai in which French forces decisively defeated the Republic of Venice in northern Italy.
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D.
Battle of Olivento
The Battle of Olivento was an 11th-century clash in southern Italy in which Norman forces defeated a Byzantine-led army, helping to establish Norman dominance in the region.
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Battle of La Gudina
The Battle of La Gudina was a 1709 engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession in which Franco-Spanish forces decisively defeated a Portuguese army on the Spanish-Portuguese border.
- 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 Fombio Target entity description: The Battle of Fombio was a 1796 engagement in Napoleon Bonaparte’s first Italian campaign, where French forces defeated Austrian troops in northern Italy shortly before the more famous Battle of Lodi.
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A.
Battle of Rovine
The Battle of Rovine was a late 14th-century conflict in which Wallachian forces under Voivode Mircea the Elder resisted an Ottoman invasion, becoming a symbol of medieval Romanian resistance against Ottoman expansion.
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B.
Battle of Baugnez
The Battle of Baugnez refers to the World War II engagement near Malmedy, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge, where American troops were attacked by German forces in the events surrounding the Malmedy massacre.
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C.
Battle of Vailà
The Battle of Vailà, better known as the Battle of Agnadello (1509), was a major engagement of the War of the League of Cambrai in which French forces decisively defeated the Republic of Venice in northern Italy.
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D.
Battle of Olivento
The Battle of Olivento was an 11th-century clash in southern Italy in which Norman forces defeated a Byzantine-led army, helping to establish Norman dominance in the region.
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E.
Battle of La Gudina
The Battle of La Gudina was a 1709 engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession in which Franco-Spanish forces decisively defeated a Portuguese army on the Spanish-Portuguese border.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
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military engagement ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Napoleonic warfare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
French Republic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form:
Habsburg Monarchy
|
| campaign | Italian campaign of 1796–1797 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronology | occurred shortly before the Battle of Lodi ⓘ |
| combatant |
Austrian army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
French Army of Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commandedBy | Napoleon Bonaparte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| date |
1796-05-07
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1796-05-08 ⓘ |
| era | French Revolutionary era ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of Lodi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late 18th century ⓘ |
| involves |
Austrian cavalry
ⓘ
Austrian infantry ⓘ French cavalry ⓘ French infantry ⓘ |
| location |
Fombio
NERFINISHED
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Lombardy NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| objective | to cut off Austrian forces retreating eastward ⓘ |
| opposedByCommander | Johann Peter Beaulieu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| outcome | Austrian forces forced to withdraw ⓘ |
| partOf |
French Revolutionary Wars
NERFINISHED
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Napoleon’s first Italian campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ War of the First Coalition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Montenotte campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryCommanderAustrian | Johann Peter Beaulieu GENERATED ⓘ |
| primaryCommanderFrench | Napoleon Bonaparte GENERATED ⓘ |
| region | Po Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result | French victory ⓘ |
| river | Adda River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
contributed to the subsequent French success at the Battle of Lodi
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helped open the way to the Adda crossings ⓘ |
| theatre | Italian theatre of the French Revolutionary Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedTactics |
flanking movements
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rapid maneuver ⓘ |
| year | 1796 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Fombio Description of subject: The Battle of Fombio was a 1796 engagement in Napoleon Bonaparte’s first Italian campaign, where French forces defeated Austrian troops in northern Italy shortly before the more famous Battle of Lodi.
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