On May 12, the Hoyoku-tai troop was defeated in Sashiki, but the Raigeki-tai troop fought equally with the overwhelmingly powerful government army and the battle became so serious that it was called 'a second Battle of Tabaruzaka.'
12日、鵬翼隊は佐敷で敗れたが、雷撃隊は圧倒的に優る官軍と対等に渡り合い、「第二の田原坂」といわれるほどの奮戦をした。