Attack on the Taku Forts
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The Attack on the Taku Forts was a key 1858 Anglo-French naval assault on Chinese coastal defenses during the Second Opium War, aimed at forcing greater foreign access and concessions from the Qing dynasty.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Attack on the Taku Forts canonical | 1 |
| first battle of the Taku (Dagu) Forts | 1 |
| second battle of the Taku (Dagu) Forts | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22152473 — 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: Attack on the Taku Forts Context triple: [Charles Rigault de Genouilly, militaryOperation, Attack on the Taku Forts]
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A.
Keelung Campaign
The Keelung Campaign was a series of military operations during the Sino-French War (1884–1885) in which French forces attempted to seize and hold the port of Keelung in northern Taiwan from Qing China.
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B.
Siege of Port Arthur
The Siege of Port Arthur was a pivotal and brutal land and naval battle in 1904–1905 in which Japanese forces captured the heavily fortified Russian naval base at Port Arthur, decisively shaping the outcome of the Russo-Japanese War.
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C.
Battle of Peking
The Battle of Peking was a key 1900 military engagement in which an international coalition of foreign powers fought Chinese forces to relieve besieged legations in Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion.
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D.
Battle of Tientsin
The Battle of Tientsin was a major 1900 engagement in the Boxer Rebellion in which an international coalition fought Qing and Boxer forces to capture the key Chinese port city of Tianjin.
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E.
Battle of Port Arthur
The Battle of Port Arthur was the opening naval engagement of the Russo-Japanese War, marked by a surprise Japanese attack on the Russian fleet anchored at Port Arthur in 1904.
- 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: Attack on the Taku Forts Target entity description: The Attack on the Taku Forts was a key 1858 Anglo-French naval assault on Chinese coastal defenses during the Second Opium War, aimed at forcing greater foreign access and concessions from the Qing dynasty.
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A.
Keelung Campaign
The Keelung Campaign was a series of military operations during the Sino-French War (1884–1885) in which French forces attempted to seize and hold the port of Keelung in northern Taiwan from Qing China.
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B.
Siege of Port Arthur
The Siege of Port Arthur was a pivotal and brutal land and naval battle in 1904–1905 in which Japanese forces captured the heavily fortified Russian naval base at Port Arthur, decisively shaping the outcome of the Russo-Japanese War.
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C.
Battle of Peking
The Battle of Peking was a key 1900 military engagement in which an international coalition of foreign powers fought Chinese forces to relieve besieged legations in Beijing during the Boxer Rebellion.
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D.
Battle of Tientsin
The Battle of Tientsin was a major 1900 engagement in the Boxer Rebellion in which an international coalition fought Qing and Boxer forces to capture the key Chinese port city of Tianjin.
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E.
Battle of Port Arthur
The Battle of Port Arthur was the opening naval engagement of the Russo-Japanese War, marked by a surprise Japanese attack on the Russian fleet anchored at Port Arthur in 1904.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Attack on the Taku Forts
linked to: Attack on the Taku Forts