On June 17, Shinpachi MURATA stayed at Kobayashi and put about 1,000 soldiers from Shinbutai Army, Hachiku-tai troop, march convoy, and Sadohara march convey, to Harada, Kamie, Imanishi, and Ikeshima; for the following month, Murata confronted Betsudo-Daini-ryodan (the second stand-alone brigade) led by Akiyoshi YAMADA across the Sendai-gawa River and kept fighting skirmishes.
6月17日、村田新八は小林に拠り、振武隊、破竹隊、行進隊、佐土原隊の約1000名を原田・上江・今西・池島などに配備し、これより一ヶ月近く山田顕義率いる別働第二旅団と川内川を挟んで対峙し、小戦を繰り返した。