Battle of Zorndorf | |||||||
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Part of the Third Silesian War of the Seven Years' War | |||||||
![]() Frederick the Great at the Battle of Zorndorf by Carl Röchling, 1911 copy | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
36,000 167 guns[2] |
42,590 210 guns[2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
11,390–12,800[3]
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The Battle of Zorndorf, during the Seven Years' War, was fought on 25 August 1758 between Russian troops commanded by Count William Fermor and a Prussian army commanded by King Frederick the Great. The battle was tactically inconclusive, with both armies holding their ground and claiming victory. The site of the battle was the Prussian village of Zorndorf (now Sarbinowo, Poland). During the battle, Frederick famously took a regimental standard and led an attack himself, rallying his troops.
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