Zorndorf, August 25th, 1758

Our series shows the personal bravery of the Prussian king in a well-known episode: Frederick the Great, after the attack of his first encounter was repulsed by the extremely steadfast Russians, seizes the body flag of the Fusilier Regiment No. 46 (von Bülow) and leads the second encounter to attack. After the well-known painting by C. Röchling - only Prussian figures.

In this bloodiest battle of the Seven Years' War, more than 12,000 Prussians and almost 19,000 Russians fell.
General Fermor's Russian army, which had already occupied East Prussia, reached the Oder near the Prussian fortress of Küstrin at the beginning of August and on 25 August met some 36,000 Prussians at Zorndorf with 44,000 men. Cossack troops swarming around had set fire to the village and many fields. The King's opinion of his opponent was not high: "The Muscovites are a bunch of barbarians brought together, who can easily overpower disciplined troops", a statement he was to regret that very evening.
The battle - although fought with extreme bitterness by both sides - actually ended without a decision, with both sides claiming victory. Both armies, after the battle had turned as if around a fixed point, found themselves in the evening almost in the starting positions of the enemy. As the Russians subsequently withdrew, the main danger was averted: a unification of the Russian and Austrian armies.

Series list for 100/1/10
No. 100-12 (2x) Pr. infantryman, wounded
No. 100-8 (4x) Pr. fusilier
No. 100-20 (1x) Pr. infantry staff officer on horseback
No. 100-11 (2x) Pr. infantryman, wounded
No. 100-7 (6x) Pr. fusilier drummer, playing
No. 100-19 (1x) Pr. infantry staff officer on horseback, sabre pointing upwards
No. 100-9 (36x) Pr. Fusilier
No. 100-6 (4x) Pr. Fusilier standard bearer with flying flag
No. 100-18 (1x) Pr. wing adjutant on horseback, pointing
No. 100-10 (36x) Pr. fusilier, rifle in arm
No. 100-5 (9x) Pr. fusilier non-commissioned officer
No. 100-17 (1x) Pr. fusilier with general's horse
No. 100-2 (1x) Pr. Inf. staff officer, dismounted, leading horse of Friedrich II.
No. 100-4 (7x) Pr. inf. officer on foot, with retracted sword
No. 100-16 (1x) Pr. infantry general on horseback
No. 100-1 (1x) King Frederick II, carrying the flag, with fus. standard bearer
No. 100-3 (5x) Pr. infantry officer on foot, with retracted sword
No. 100-15 (1x) Pr. infantry general on horseback, sabre pointing upwards
No. 100-23 (1x) Pr. infantry staff officer on horseback, giving orders
No. 100-14 (1x) Pr. infantry/cav. adjutant general on horseback, sabre pointing upwards
No. 100-22 (1x) Pr. Inf. staff officer on horseback, saluting
No. 100-13 (2x) Pr. infantryman, wounded
No. 100-21 (1x) Pr. infantry general on horseback