British Army under Cornwallis

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British field army military unit

The British Army under Cornwallis was the main British force in North America during the later stages of the American Revolutionary War, ultimately defeated by combined American and French troops at Yorktown in 1781.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
British Army (through John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun)	1
British Army under Cornwallis canonical	1
British forces under Charles Cornwallis	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T733721 — 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: British Army under Cornwallis
Context triple: [Siege of Yorktown, surrenderedForce, British Army under Cornwallis]

A. Continental Army
The Continental Army was the unified colonial military force established by the Second Continental Congress during the American Revolutionary War to fight for independence from Great Britain.
B. Queen's Rangers
The Queen's Rangers were a Loyalist provincial military unit in the American Revolutionary War, renowned for their light infantry and ranger tactics under British command.
C. English Army
The English Army was the land warfare force of the Kingdom of England prior to its unification into the British Army in the early 18th century.
D. English forces under Richard Nicolls
English forces under Richard Nicolls were the 17th-century Royal Navy and army contingent that seized New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664, leading to the English control and renaming of the city as New York.
E. Butler’s Rangers
Butler’s Rangers was a Loyalist provincial military unit that fought alongside the British during the American Revolutionary War, noted for its frontier raids and irregular warfare tactics.
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: British Army under Cornwallis
Target entity description: The British Army under Cornwallis was the main British force in North America during the later stages of the American Revolutionary War, ultimately defeated by combined American and French troops at Yorktown in 1781.

A. Continental Army
The Continental Army was the unified colonial military force established by the Second Continental Congress during the American Revolutionary War to fight for independence from Great Britain.
B. Queen's Rangers
The Queen's Rangers were a Loyalist provincial military unit in the American Revolutionary War, renowned for their light infantry and ranger tactics under British command.
C. English Army
The English Army was the land warfare force of the Kingdom of England prior to its unification into the British Army in the early 18th century.
D. English forces under Richard Nicolls
English forces under Richard Nicolls were the 17th-century Royal Navy and army contingent that seized New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664, leading to the English control and renaming of the city as New York.
E. Butler’s Rangers
Butler’s Rangers was a Loyalist provincial military unit that fought alongside the British during the American Revolutionary War, noted for its frontier raids and irregular warfare tactics.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British field army ⓘ military unit ⓘ
approximateStrength	about 7,000–8,000 troops at Yorktown ⓘ
campaign	Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ Yorktown campaign ⓘ linked to: Siege of Yorktown
commander	Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis ⓘ linked to: Charles Cornwallis
composition	British regular infantry ⓘ Hessian auxiliary troops ⓘ linked to: Hessian troops Loyalist provincial units ⓘ
conflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfDefeat	19 October 1781 ⓘ
defeatedBy	Continental Army under George Washington ⓘ linked to: Continental Army French Army under Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ linked to: French forces under Comte de Rochambeau French Navy under François Joseph Paul de Grasse ⓘ linked to: French West Indies fleet
garrisonOrBase	Yorktown, Virginia (1781) ⓘ linked to: Yorktown
historicalSignificance	its surrender at Yorktown effectively ended major combat operations in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
notableBattle	Siege of Yorktown ⓘ
notableEngagement	Battle of Camden ⓘ Battle of Eutaw Springs ⓘ Battle of Guilford Court House ⓘ Battle of Hobkirk’s Hill ⓘ
opposedBy	Continental Army ⓘ French expeditionary forces ⓘ linked to: French expeditionary corps
partOf	British Army ⓘ
placeOfDefeat	Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ linked to: Yorktown
resultOfDefeat	decisive British loss in the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
role	main British field force in North America in the later stages of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
strategicObjective	to secure and pacify the Southern colonies for Britain ⓘ
surrenderedTo	George Washington ⓘ Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau ⓘ
surrenderEvent	British surrender at Yorktown ⓘ
theater	North American theater of the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
yearActive	1780 ⓘ 1781 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of Yorktown → surrenderedForce → British Army under Cornwallis ⓘ

Earl of Loudoun → associatedWith → British Army (through John Campbell, 4th Earl of Loudoun) ⓘ

linked to: British Army under Cornwallis

Virginia campaign → opponent → British forces under Charles Cornwallis ⓘ