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. August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ... 1758 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Seven Years War (1754 and 1756–1763) pitted Great Britain, Prussia and Hanover against France, Austria, Russia, Sweden, and Saxony. ... Sarbinowo (former German name Zorndorf) is a village in Lubus, Poland. ...
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. The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia (German: Preußen or Preussen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: Prūsai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...
The Battle of Kunersdorf, by Alexander Kotzebue, 1848.
In the east, at the Battle of Zorndorf in Prussia, a Prussian army of 35,000 men under Frederick fought to a standstill with a Russian army of 43,000 commanded by Count Fermor.
The battle was the final battle of the war in North America and forced the French to surrender St. John's to the British under the command of Colonel William Amherst.
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