The 7th company of the Jozan-tai troop of the Satsuma army fought to repulse the advancement of the brigade but retreated to Kazawa Village once, and on May 21, counterattacked the government army in Mizunashi and Okochi but was unable to fight it out and pulled out to Kazawa Village again.
これを迎え撃った薩軍の常山隊七番中隊は一旦鹿沢村に退き、5月21日に水無・大河内の官軍に反撃したが、勝敗を決することができず、再び鹿沢村に引き揚げた。