Timeline August 1758

Events in August 1758 3

• 1758 – 1815 Thomas Picton (1758-1815) Died 18 June 1815, aged 56 Picton was a British army general who served in the Peninsular War and commanded a division at Waterloo. He was killed by a musket ball to the head while leading a counterattack, the most senior British officer to die in the battle.
• 1758 Battle of Zorndorf Prussia and Russia fight one of the bloodiest battles of the Seven Years' War On 25 August 1758, Frederick the Great's Prussian army fought a Russian force to a bloody standstill near the village of Zorndorf. Both sides suffered casualties amounting to roughly a third of their troops, and each claimed victory afterward. The battle failed to resolve the strategic deadlock on the eastern front.
• 1758 Capture of Fort Frontenac British raiders destroy a key French supply depot on Lake Ontario A British and colonial American force under John Bradstreet crossed Lake Ontario and captured the lightly defended French Fort Frontenac between 26 and 28 August 1758. The raid destroyed large stores of supplies and furs intended for France's western outposts, severing a vital supply line. It weakened French control of the Great Lakes region for the rest of the war.