On the next day, June 24, the troops of the detached 3rd brigade reached Saibara and seized the forts of the Satsuma army one after another; in the evening, all of the troops entered Kagoshima and defeated the Satsuma army around there.
別働第3旅団の部隊は翌24日には催馬楽に至り、次々に薩軍の堡塁を落として、夕方には悉く鹿児島に入り、鹿児島周辺の薩軍を撃退した。