Siege of Humaitá
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The Siege of Humaitá was a pivotal and protracted military campaign during the Paraguayan War in which Allied forces besieged Paraguay’s heavily fortified river stronghold of Humaitá, aiming to break its control over the Paraguay River and open the way to the interior.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Siege of Humaitá canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Siege of Humaitá Context triple: [Paraguayan War, majorBattle, Siege of Humaitá]
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Battle of La Angostura
The Battle of La Angostura was a major engagement of the Mexican–American War in February 1847, where U.S. forces under General Zachary Taylor repelled a larger Mexican army led by General Antonio López de Santa Anna in northern Mexico.
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Battle of Tuyutí
The Battle of Tuyutí was the largest and bloodiest engagement of the Paraguayan War, in which the Triple Alliance forces decisively defeated Paraguay in 1866.
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Battle of Yaguachi
The Battle of Yaguachi was a significant 1821 military engagement in present-day Ecuador in which patriot forces fought Spanish royalists, contributing to the region’s eventual independence from Spanish rule.
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Apure campaign
The Apure campaign was a key military offensive during the Venezuelan War of Independence, led by Simón Bolívar’s forces across the Apure plains as part of the broader Llanero campaigns against Spanish royalist control.
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E.
Battle of Tacna
The Battle of Tacna was a major 1880 land engagement in the War of the Pacific in which Chilean forces decisively defeated a joint Peruvian-Bolivian army, leading to Bolivia’s loss of its coastal territory.
- 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 Humaitá Target entity description: The Siege of Humaitá was a pivotal and protracted military campaign during the Paraguayan War in which Allied forces besieged Paraguay’s heavily fortified river stronghold of Humaitá, aiming to break its control over the Paraguay River and open the way to the interior.
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A.
Battle of La Angostura
The Battle of La Angostura was a major engagement of the Mexican–American War in February 1847, where U.S. forces under General Zachary Taylor repelled a larger Mexican army led by General Antonio López de Santa Anna in northern Mexico.
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B.
Battle of Tuyutí
The Battle of Tuyutí was the largest and bloodiest engagement of the Paraguayan War, in which the Triple Alliance forces decisively defeated Paraguay in 1866.
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C.
Battle of Yaguachi
The Battle of Yaguachi was a significant 1821 military engagement in present-day Ecuador in which patriot forces fought Spanish royalists, contributing to the region’s eventual independence from Spanish rule.
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D.
Apure campaign
The Apure campaign was a key military offensive during the Venezuelan War of Independence, led by Simón Bolívar’s forces across the Apure plains as part of the broader Llanero campaigns against Spanish royalist control.
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E.
Battle of Tacna
The Battle of Tacna was a major 1880 land engagement in the War of the Pacific in which Chilean forces decisively defeated a joint Peruvian-Bolivian army, leading to Bolivia’s loss of its coastal territory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle of the Paraguayan War
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military siege ⓘ |
| alliance | Triple Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Siege of the Fortress of Humaitá NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attackerCommander |
Bartolomé Mitre
NERFINISHED
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Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias NERFINISHED ⓘ Marques de Tamandaré NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Argentina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Empire of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ Paraguay NERFINISHED ⓘ Uruguay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
combined land and naval operations
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heavy fortifications and river defenses ⓘ protracted siege operations ⓘ |
| commandedBy | Francisco Solano López NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Paraguayan War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Argentina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Empire of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ Paraguay NERFINISHED ⓘ Uruguay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defenderCommander | Francisco Solano López NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| defensiveWorks |
artillery batteries along the Paraguay River
ⓘ
extensive earthworks and trenches ⓘ |
| describedAs | pivotal campaign of the Paraguayan War ⓘ |
| endDate | 1868 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Allied advance toward Asunción ⓘ |
| fortressType | river stronghold ⓘ |
| hasPart |
land encirclement of the fortress
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naval bombardment of Humaitá ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Humaitá
NERFINISHED
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Paraguay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Paraguay River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Allied naval passage of Humaitá’s river batteries ⓘ |
| objective |
to break Paraguayan control of the Paraguay River
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to open the way to the Paraguayan interior ⓘ |
| opponentAlliance | Paraguay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Paraguayan War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Curupayty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
Allied victory
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capture of the Humaitá fortress by Allied forces ⓘ |
| startDate | 1866 ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
gateway to Asunción
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key stronghold controlling navigation on the Paraguay River ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1860s
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19th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Siege of Humaitá Description of subject: The Siege of Humaitá was a pivotal and protracted military campaign during the Paraguayan War in which Allied forces besieged Paraguay’s heavily fortified river stronghold of Humaitá, aiming to break its control over the Paraguay River and open the way to the interior.
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