| For a while, the Satsuma army occupied almost the whole castle town of Kagoshima, but the government forces made a seaborne invasion and occupied almost the whole castle town by September 3 and completed besieging Shiroyama by September 6. |
一時、薩軍は鹿児島城下の大半を制したが、上陸展開した政府軍が9月3日に城下の大半を制し、9月6日には城山包囲態勢を完成させた。 |