Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Frederick ya sadu da sojojin Fermor a kan marshes a waje da ƙauyen Zorndorf, gabashin Kogin Oder. Frederick ya shirya ya kama magabcinsa ba zato ba tsammani ta hanyar zagayawa bayan Rasha zuwa kudu a ƙarƙashin murfin dare; duk da haka, washegari da safe sojojin Rasha sun sake juyawa kuma sun fuskanci abokan gaba, yanzu zuwa kudu, sau ɗaya. Ko da yake Prussians sun rasa abin mamaki, 'yan Rasha sun kasance a cikin wani wuri mai rauni, kamar yadda bayansu suka tsaya a yanzu a kan kogin da kewaye da marsh. A ranar 25 ga Agusta, 1758, bayan sa'o'i 2 na harbi, hagu na Prussian ya yi yaƙi da Rasha a cikin abin da ya zama saurin musayar kisan kai. Duk da haka, Frederick na hagu na hagu, da nufin tallafawa harin a kan Rasha dama, a maimakon haka ya koma tsakiyar kuma ya tsaya a cikin yakin. Fermor da sauri ya yi amfani da wannan kuma ya aika da sojan doki da ke cajin ta hanyar raunana hagu na hagu kuma ya tura shi baya cikin rikici, amma an kawar da su ta hanyar kai hare-haren fararen hula na Prussian. Yaƙin ya zama rikice-rikice, kuma sojojin biyu ba su rabu ba har sai da dare ya faɗi. Saboda haka yakin Zorndorf
ya ƙare tare da asarar rayuka 30,000 daga cikin jimlar mutane 80,000, kuma bangarorin biyu sun janye da safe.