While part of the detached 4th brigade was attacking Gakkanitta to keep the Satsuma army in check, its main force crossed the Midori-kawa River and advanced towards Kawajiri by fighting fiercely with the Satsuma army.
別働第4旅団の一部が学科新田を攻撃して薩軍を牽制している間に、主力が緑川を渡り、薩軍と激戦しながら川尻へと進んだ。