On this occasion, the Satsuma army (of approx 3,000 to 3,500 soldiers) was deployed in the following formation with the Wada-toge Pass at the center (according to "Daisaigototsui Senshi" (a war chronicle of Great Saigo breaking through the besieging armies)):
この時の薩軍（約3,000～3,500名）は和田峠を中心に左翼から以下のように配置していた（『大西郷突囲戦史』に依る）。