Battle of Zorndorf

Battle of Zorndorf
Part of the Third Silesian War of the Seven Years' War

Frederick the Great at the Battle of Zorndorf by Carl Röchling, 1911 copy
Date25 August 1758
Location52°40′19″N 14°39′16″E / 52.67194°N 14.65444°E / 52.67194; 14.65444
Result Inconclusive[1]
Belligerents
 Prussia  Russia
Commanders and leaders
Kingdom of Prussia Frederick II Russian Empire William Fermor
Strength
36,000
167 guns[2]
42,590
210 guns[2]
Casualties and losses

11,390–12,800[3]

  • 3,680 killed
  • 7,710 wounded or missing[4]

16,000[5]
30 guns[6]

27 flags[7]
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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.

  1. ^ Duffy 2015, p. 275; Black 2002, pp. 66; Szabo 2013, pp. 167–168; Scott 2001, p. 44; Hook 2003, p. 83; Zabecki 2014, p. 1525.
  2. ^ a b MacDonogh 1999, pp. 275–276.
  3. ^ Redman 2015, p. 217.
  4. ^ Füssel 2010, p. 46; Kunisch 2011, p. 391.
  5. ^ Szabo 2013, pp. 167–168; Füssel 2010, p. 46; Kunisch 2011, p. 391.
  6. ^ Hook 2003, p. 83.
  7. ^ Schottmüller 1858, p. 67.

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