In this way, the clash between both forces started with the attack that the government army launched on the Satsuma army on April 19 and 20, and spread quickly to the entire Kumamoto plain.
このように両軍の衝突は4月19、20日に官軍が薩軍に攻撃を仕掛けたことから始まり、戦いは一挙に熊本平野全域に及んだ。