Kouravas gain upper hand on the first day of war

Bheeshma had Durmukhudu,Krupaachaaryudu,kruthavarma,Salyudu,Vivimsathi on either side of him.with their help he attacked kings of paanchaala and kekaya and their armies with 

Ightning speed.that place was filled up with broken bows and arrows,heads cut away from bodies rolling on the ground helplessly.he appeared to be like Rudra at the time of destruction of universe.

Then Abhimanyu came and gave stiff fight to Bheeshma.he attacked Salya with five arrows,Kruthavarma with one arrow,and killed thr charioteer of Durmukha.he broke the bow of Vivimsathi.he struck three arrows in to the body of krupaachaarya and broke down the horses with four arrows. He struck bheeshmas body with nine arrows.every one was afraid of his bravery.Bheeshma and others rained arrows at Abhimanyu.Abhimanyu countered them effectively and efficiently and attacked them in return and broke the flag mast of Bheeshma.Pandava armies were happy to see this scene.in the mean time,Bheema came to cover Abhimanyu.then,Bheeshma downed his flag.Bheema attacked Bheeshma with three arrows,Krupa with one arrow and Kruthavarma with eight arrows which struck their bodies effectively.Salya was afraid of Bheemas ruthless massacre.Bheema hit their armies and brought down Salyas charioteer and his horses.

At the same time,Bheeshma was attacked by Saathyaki,Dhrushtadyumna,five kings of KEkaya and Virata.Bheeshma hurt all of them with three arrows each.Uththara kumara came with the army of elephants and attacked salya and killed his horses.then Salya used his powers and killed Uththara kumara.then he killed the elephant on which Uththaraumara came to fight him.Then Krutha varma attacked by Salya. Uththara kumaras brother,sankhudu attacked Salya with his army. But Bheeshma and others countered him effectively.

Then Arjuna came there with lightning speed and attacked Bheeshma.Salya attacked the horses of Sankhudu with his gada.Sankhudu took shelter behind Arjunas chariot.Bheeshma attacked pandava armies mercilessly and they were running away from him.N o one could give him equal fight and contain him.as sun set in the west, war was stopped for that day.Kouravas returned happily and pandavas were dejected with the developments of the day.