Nitta forces further advanced on Kamakura kaido, crossing the Iruma River (Saitama Prefecture) and clashed with the forces of bakufu commanded by Sadakuni SAKURADA and Sadamasa KANAZAWA at Kotesashigahara (Kotesashi-cho, Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture) (Battle at Kotesashigahara).
さらに新田軍は鎌倉街道を進み、入間川(埼玉県)を渡り小手指原（埼玉県所沢市小手指町付近）に達し、桜田貞国・金沢貞将率いる幕府軍と衝突する（小手指原の戦い）。