Siege of Bellegarde (1793)
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The Siege of Bellegarde (1793) was a French Revolutionary War engagement in the eastern Pyrenees in which French forces besieged and captured the strategic fortress of Bellegarde from Spain.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Siege of Bellegarde (1793) canonical | 2 |
| Siege of Bellegarde (1794) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9533945 — 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: Siege of Bellegarde (1793) Context triple: [Army of the Eastern Pyrenees, engagedInBattle, Siege of Bellegarde (1793)]
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A.
Siege of Condé (1793)
The Siege of Condé (1793) was a French Revolutionary War engagement in which Coalition forces blockaded and captured the fortified town of Condé-sur-l’Escaut from the French Republic on the Western Front.
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B.
Battle of Le Boulou (1794)
The Battle of Le Boulou (1794) was a major French Revolutionary War engagement in the eastern Pyrenees in which French forces decisively defeated a Spanish army, helping secure the Franco-Spanish border.
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C.
Battle of Savenay (1793)
The Battle of Savenay (1793) was a decisive engagement of the War in the Vendée during the French Revolutionary Wars, in which Republican forces crushed the remaining main Royalist army in western France.
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D.
Battle of Saumur (1793)
The Battle of Saumur (1793) was a significant engagement of the War in the Vendée during the French Revolutionary Wars, in which Royalist insurgents temporarily captured the town of Saumur from Republican forces.
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E.
Battle of Nantes (1793)
The Battle of Nantes (1793) was a key engagement of the War in the Vendée during the French Revolution, in which royalist and Catholic insurgents failed to capture the strategically vital city of Nantes from Republican forces.
- 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: Siege of Bellegarde (1793) Target entity description: The Siege of Bellegarde (1793) was a French Revolutionary War engagement in the eastern Pyrenees in which French forces besieged and captured the strategic fortress of Bellegarde from Spain.
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A.
Siege of Condé (1793)
The Siege of Condé (1793) was a French Revolutionary War engagement in which Coalition forces blockaded and captured the fortified town of Condé-sur-l’Escaut from the French Republic on the Western Front.
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B.
Battle of Le Boulou (1794)
The Battle of Le Boulou (1794) was a major French Revolutionary War engagement in the eastern Pyrenees in which French forces decisively defeated a Spanish army, helping secure the Franco-Spanish border.
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C.
Battle of Savenay (1793)
The Battle of Savenay (1793) was a decisive engagement of the War in the Vendée during the French Revolutionary Wars, in which Republican forces crushed the remaining main Royalist army in western France.
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D.
Battle of Saumur (1793)
The Battle of Saumur (1793) was a significant engagement of the War in the Vendée during the French Revolutionary Wars, in which Royalist insurgents temporarily captured the town of Saumur from Republican forces.
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E.
Battle of Nantes (1793)
The Battle of Nantes (1793) was a key engagement of the War in the Vendée during the French Revolution, in which royalist and Catholic insurgents failed to capture the strategically vital city of Nantes from Republican forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
event of the French Revolutionary Wars
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military engagement ⓘ siege ⓘ |
| belligerent |
France
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Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderRegion | Franco-Spanish border NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commander |
Antonio Ricardos
NERFINISHED
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Louis-Charles de Flers NERFINISHED ⓘ Marquis de las Amarillas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | War of the Pyrenees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictType | siege warfare ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
French First Republic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kingdom of Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Battle of Truillas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fortificationTypeInvolved | mountain fortress ⓘ |
| garrisonSurrenderedTo | French forces ⓘ |
| hasCause | War between revolutionary France and Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEndTime | 1793-06-24 ⓘ |
| hasStartTime | 1793-05-23 ⓘ |
| historicalEra | French Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | operations along the Pyrenees frontier in 1793 ⓘ |
| location |
Eastern Pyrenees
NERFINISHED
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Fort de Bellegarde NERFINISHED ⓘ France ⓘ Le Perthus NERFINISHED ⓘ Pyrénées-Orientales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryTheater | Eastern Pyrenees front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Fort de Bellegarde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opponent |
French Army of the Eastern Pyrenees
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spanish garrison of Bellegarde ⓘ |
| partOf | French Revolutionary Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfCampaign | French campaign in the eastern Pyrenees in 1793 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pointInTime | 1793 ⓘ |
| precededBy | Spanish capture of Bellegarde in 1793 ⓘ |
| primaryObjective | recapture Bellegarde from Spain ⓘ |
| result |
French victory
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capture of Fort de Bellegarde by France ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
control of a key invasion route between France and Spain
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control of the Perthus Pass ⓘ |
| usedTactic | formal siege operations ⓘ |
| usedWeaponType | artillery ⓘ |
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Subject: Siege of Bellegarde (1793) Description of subject: The Siege of Bellegarde (1793) was a French Revolutionary War engagement in the eastern Pyrenees in which French forces besieged and captured the strategic fortress of Bellegarde from Spain.
Referenced by (4)
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