After witnessing Saigo's death, the remaining officers and soldiers continued their advance on Iwasaki-guchi and held up in a fort attached to the Shigakko until they committed suicide, killed one another or were killed in battle.
西郷の死を見届けると、残余の将士は岩崎口に進撃を続け、私学校の一角にあった塁に籠もって戦ったのち、自刃、刺し違え、あるいは戦死した。