At one time, Satsu-gun occupied most of the land under Shiroyama castle, but the Government army, which landed and deployed thereafter, occupied the area under the castle by the 3rd, and they completed preparations for a siege of Shiroyama on the 6th.
一時、薩軍は鹿児島城下の大半を制したが、上陸展開した政府軍が3日に城下の大半を制し、6日には城山包囲態勢を完成させた。