Thirteenth Siege of Gibraltar
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The Thirteenth Siege of Gibraltar was a 1727 military campaign in which Spain unsuccessfully attempted to recapture the British-held fortress of Gibraltar during the Anglo-Spanish War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Defence of Gibraltar | 1 |
| Thirteenth Siege of Gibraltar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19705185 — 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: Thirteenth Siege of Gibraltar Context triple: [Siege of Gibraltar (1727), alsoKnownAs, Thirteenth Siege of Gibraltar]
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A.
Great Siege of Gibraltar
The Great Siege of Gibraltar was a prolonged late 18th-century Franco-Spanish attempt to capture the British-held fortress of Gibraltar, notable as one of the longest sieges in British military history.
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The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar
The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar is a 1789 history painting by American artist John Trumbull depicting a dramatic British counterattack during the Great Siege of Gibraltar in the American Revolutionary War era.
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C.
capture of Gibraltar (1704)
The capture of Gibraltar (1704) was a key Anglo-Dutch victory during the War of the Spanish Succession in which Allied forces seized the strategic fortress of Gibraltar from Spain, securing long-term British control over the territory.
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Gibraltar garrison
The Gibraltar garrison was the British military force stationed in Gibraltar, responsible for defending the strategic fortress and overseeing its security and military operations.
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E.
Sieges of Tangier
The Sieges of Tangier were a series of protracted military campaigns in which Moroccan forces repeatedly attempted to capture the strategically vital port city of Tangier from European colonial powers.
- 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: Thirteenth Siege of Gibraltar Target entity description: The Thirteenth Siege of Gibraltar was a 1727 military campaign in which Spain unsuccessfully attempted to recapture the British-held fortress of Gibraltar during the Anglo-Spanish War.
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A.
Great Siege of Gibraltar
The Great Siege of Gibraltar was a prolonged late 18th-century Franco-Spanish attempt to capture the British-held fortress of Gibraltar, notable as one of the longest sieges in British military history.
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B.
The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar
The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar is a 1789 history painting by American artist John Trumbull depicting a dramatic British counterattack during the Great Siege of Gibraltar in the American Revolutionary War era.
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C.
capture of Gibraltar (1704)
The capture of Gibraltar (1704) was a key Anglo-Dutch victory during the War of the Spanish Succession in which Allied forces seized the strategic fortress of Gibraltar from Spain, securing long-term British control over the territory.
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D.
Gibraltar garrison
The Gibraltar garrison was the British military force stationed in Gibraltar, responsible for defending the strategic fortress and overseeing its security and military operations.
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E.
Sieges of Tangier
The Sieges of Tangier were a series of protracted military campaigns in which Moroccan forces repeatedly attempted to capture the strategically vital port city of Tangier from European colonial powers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Thirteenth Siege of Gibraltar