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
Date	25 August 1758
Location	Zorndorf, Margraviate of Brandenburg (now Sarbinowo, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)52°40′19″N 14°39′16″E / 52.67194°N 14.65444°E
Result	Inconclusive
Belligerents
Prussia	Russia
Commanders and leaders
Frederick II	William Fermor
Strength
33,000 – 36,000; 167 guns	42,590 – 52,000; 210 guns
Casualties and losses
11,390 – 12,800 3,680 killed; 7,710 wounded or missing 1,500 missing (including 1,200 captured); ; ; ; 26 guns; 10 standards	16,000 – 17,000 4,278 killed or captured; 11,867 wounded; ; ; 30 guns; 11 – 27 standards

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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.