Battle of Zorndorf

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Battle of Zorndorf
Image:FDG-Leuthen.jpg Frederick The Great at the Battle of Leuthen.
Conflict: Seven Years' War
Date: August 25, 1758
Place: Zorndorf, Poland
Outcome: Prussian Victory
Combatants
Prussia	Russia
Commanders
Frederick the Great	Villim Villimovitch Fermor
Strength
39,000 167 guns	58,500 210 guns
Casualties
12,797 & 26 cannon	18,500
Seven Years' War: European theatre Lobositz – Reichenberg – Prague – Kolin – Hastenbeck – Gross-Jägersdorf – Moys – Rossbach – Breslau – Leuthen – Krefeld – Zorndorf – Hochkirch – Bergen – Kay – Minden – Kunersdorf – Hoyerswerda – Maxen – Meissen – Landshut – Warburg – Leignitz – Torgau – Villinghausen – Burkersdorf – Lutterberg – Freiberg

The Battle of Zorndorf was a battle fought on August 25, 1758 during the Seven Years' War. The site of the battle was the German village Zorndorf, now called Sarbinowo (in Polish). The Russians encircled the Prussians but the Prussians countered to it and won the battle.

A Prussian army of 36,000 men fought a Russian army of 43,000 men. The Prussians lost 12,800 men, the Russians lost over 18,000 men. The Battle of Zorndorf is considered one of the bloodiest battles of the XVIII century.

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