The right flank of the Satsuma army left Yamaga toward south along the Kikuchi-gawa River at dawn and attacked the left flank of the government army which was staying near Tamana; the center troop went over Tabaru Slope and engaged in an encounter battle with the reconnaissance party of the government army at Konoha; and the left flank advanced through the Kichiji-toge Pass and got to Harakura, where the right column headed for the Takase-hashi Bridge and the left column advanced through Ikura and Ohama and got to Iwasakihara.
薩軍の右翼隊は未明、山鹿から菊池川に沿って南下し、玉名付近の官軍左翼を攻撃し、中央隊は田原坂を越え、木葉で官軍捜索隊と遭遇戦になり、左翼隊は吉次峠・原倉と進み、ここから右縦隊は高瀬橋に、左縦隊は伊倉・大浜を経て岩崎原に進出した。