As part of the same operation that sent the 136th to clear the Litsa bridgehead, the Salzburgers of the 137th Regiment tried to push back the Soviets from a hilltop near the Litsa rivermouth. A strong patrol led the way until a Soviet sniper killed its commander, Oberleutnant Mayer. At that point the jägers lost all control, charging madly into the enemy positions and bayoneting anyone wearing a Soviet uniform. Meanwhile, a grenade-tossing Kommissar whipped his own men into a frenzy, and a swirling fight developed with no quarter asked or given.

After intense hand-to-hand combat, the Soviets gave way and retreated to the coastline, where patrol boats tried to pick them up. Crazed Finnish infantrymen chased them into the surf, continuing the firefight in the freezing ocean waters. Veterans of the battle called it the most intense fight they had ever seen.