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Events on Friday 25 August 1758 1
1758Battle of ZorndorfPrussia and Russia fight one of the bloodiest battles of the Seven Years' WarOn 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.