Zorndorf Battle Report 2

On the western flank, below Wilkersdorf, the cavalry battle raged on with the Russians finally gaining ascendancy.

Whilst, in the centre, the Prussians began to take up positions from where they could assault the Russians beyond the Stein-Busch and the Russians made preliminary moves to oppose them. 

Manteuffel continues his attack against Saltykov's troops between the Galgen-Grund and Zabern-Grund, then Gaugreben's cavalry intervene....

...with some success and the onslaught is temporarily halted....

....until Manteuffel's hard pressed grenadiers are reinforced by Marschall's dragoons.

In the centre, Galytsin's infantry secure their open flank on the Galgen-Grund and in conjunction with the Observation Corps launch a counter-attack against Kanitz and bring his advance to a halt.

At this point, Dohna's infantry march from Zorndorf, pass through the Stein-Busch and pour vollies into the open flanks of the Observation Corps. The action is now pretty much general along the entire front. The advantage swings back and forth with the initiative and both sides are nearing their break point.

The Russian advantage still lies with the cavalry under Demiku but they can't bring the Prussian morale points down quickly enough with what he has left.

In the eastern sector it is all up for the Russians: The Prussian cavalry is stacking up for the kill.

In the centre the action is becoming especially fierce but, it's all up. The Prussians win with a difference of plus nine morale points. 

The battle was hard fought throughout but Manteuffel's one sided local victory in the first session probably decided the issue - the Russians never recovered from the stack of morale points they lost there.