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English: Aritomo YAMAGATA once worked under SAIGO to found Goshinpei and the Army Ministry, but on the other hand, cooperated with Iwao OYAMA of the Satsuma clique in transferring the production equipment of Snider Ammunition from Kagoshima, which made Kagoshima Shigakko students angry; as such, the Choshu clique took advantage of the struggle between SAIGO and OYAMA within the Satsuma clique.
Japanese: 山県有朋もかつて西郷のもとで御親兵・陸軍省創設のために働いており、鹿児島私学校徒を激昂させた鹿児島スナイドル弾薬製造設備の搬出では薩摩閥の大山巌に協力するなど、薩摩閥内部の西郷vs大久保の争いに長州閥が便乗する構図となっていた。
English: Initially, the 1st brigade (Major General Shizuo NOZU), the 2nd brigade (Major General Shigeomi MIYOSHI), the detached 1st brigade (Colonel Tomonosuke TAKASHIMA), the detached 2nd brigade (Major General Akiyoshi YAMADA) as well as the Keishi-tai troop (later became the main force of the detached 3rd brigade) led by Major General and Superintendent-General of the Metropolitan Police Department Toshiyoshi KAWAJI and other troops were mobilized, and the other brigades were also mobilized subsequently.
Japanese: 当初、第1旅団（野津鎮雄少将）・第2旅団（三好重臣少将）・別働第1旅団（高島鞆之助大佐）・別働第2旅団（山田顕義少将）の外に川路利良少将兼警視庁大警視が率いる警視隊（後に別働第3旅団の主力）などが出動し、順次、他の旅団も出動した。
English: Among others, the Shinsen-ryodan brigade, which was organized by extraordinarily recruited police officers and mainly consisted of the warrior class, was mistook for a reorganized Shinsengumi due to its name.
Japanese: 中でも臨時徴募巡査で編成された新撰旅団は士族が中心の旅団で、その名称から新撰組が再編成されたと誤認されたりした。
English: The government army, which consisted of conscripts, was so enthusiastic about fighting against the powerful band of warrior class in Satsuma that it even sent the Gatling gun that had been equipped by Tsugumichi SAIGO for the Taiwan expedition to Kyushu but had a trouble in the essential matter of supplying ammunition for infantry rifle.
Japanese: 台湾出兵時に西郷従道が装備したガトリング砲も九州へ送られるなど、徴兵で構成された政府軍は精強な薩摩士族相手に戦うために、相当な意気込みを見せたが、一番肝心な歩兵銃の弾薬調達でトラブルが発生していた。
English: On February 13, the production equipment of Snider Ammunition from the arsenal in Kagoshima, which was one of the reasons for the war, was set up in the arsenal in Osaka; but some parts of the equipment had been lost and some had been damaged during the transportation from Kagoshima, the government army had to repair and purchase additional parts to operate the equipment.
Japanese: 開戦原因のひとつとなった鹿児島属廠のスナイドル弾薬製造設備は、2月13日に大阪砲兵工廠に設置されたが、鹿児島から搬出した際に部品の不備や破損が生じていたため、稼働させるには修理と部品の追加購入が必要となった。
English: It was apparent that so great deal of ammunition would be required that the production for 6000 rounds of ammunition per day would be a drop in the bucket when full-fledged mobilization from the garrisons throughout Japan to Kyushu would start, then, a new plant of ammunition annexed with a lead furnace for bullets and a percussion cap factory was constructed in order to increase the production.
Japanese: また各鎮台から九州への本格的な動員が開始されると膨大な量の弾薬が必要となり、6,000発/日程度の生産数では焼け石に水の効果しかない事が明らかだったため、更なる増産が図られて弾丸用の鉛溶解炉や雷管製造所を併設した新工場が建設された。
English: After the Snider rifle having been formally adopted by the Army and the Navy, the arsenal in Kagoshima had exclusively supplied ammunition for the rifle; therefore, the most soldiers of the garrisons in the key strongholds of Tokyo and Osaka were armed with Zundnadel gun (Dreyse needle-gun), which is the breechloader to be loaded with a paper cartridge case and uses completely different ammunition from that for Snider rifle.
Japanese: スナイドル銃が陸海軍に制式採用されてから以降、その弾薬供給が鹿児島属廠に独占されていたため、重要拠点である東京・大阪の鎮台兵には、後装式ながら紙製薬莢を使うツンナール銃（ドライゼ銃）を装備した兵が多かったが、ツンナール銃とスナイドル銃は全く違う弾薬を使用していた。
English: In order to prevent confusion in supplying ammunition, the Army Ministry dispatched troops to Kyushu after having the whole troops armed with Snider rifle; as the scale of the mobilized troops grown, the Army Ministry had already run out of stockpiles of 5 million rounds of Snider Ammunition and become lack of ammunition in March.
Japanese: 補給の混乱を防ぐために、陸軍省は九州へ派遣される兵の装備をいったんスナイドル銃に統一させてから送り出していたが、動員規模が拡がるにつれて早くも3月にはスナイドル弾薬500万発の備蓄を使い果たして弾薬が欠乏した。
English: As fierce battles were still fought in Kyushu in this period, the Army Ministry estimated further 18 million rounds of ammunition would be needed and examined a plan of sending Zundnadel guns to Kyushu because it had a great deal of stockpiles of ammunition for the gun; in fact, an emergency call-up troop in Wakayama (former Kishu Domain) was dispatched to Kyushu armed with Zundnadel gun, which they had used when they served for the domain, and a rear unit including medical soldiers in Osaka Garrison were also armed with Zundnadel guns and dispatched.
Japanese: この時期、九州では依然として激戦が続いており、更に1,800万発の調達が必要と見積もられていたこともあって、大量の弾薬在庫が残されていたツンナール銃を九州に送る案が検討され、実際に和歌山（旧紀州藩）の臨時召集部隊は藩兵時代から使い慣れたツンナール銃装備のまま九州へ派遣されたほか、大阪鎮台の医歩兵など後方部隊もツンナール銃を装備して派遣されていた。
English: In addition, matters that might further confuse the army in supplying ammunition were proceeding such that Tsuneyoshi MURATA, who later became famous for developing Murata rife, was planning to convert Chassepot rifle, which had been handed down from the bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun), into a model using metal cartridge case other than that for Snider rifle.
Japanese: この他にも、後に村田銃の開発で有名になった村田経芳が、旧幕府から引き継がれたシャスポー銃を、スナイドル銃とは別の金属薬莢を用いる弾薬用に改造しようと計画するなど、更に補給を混乱させかねない事態が進行していた。
English: Tsugumichi SAIGO and Ichido HARADA of the Army Ministry, who were responsible for supplying Snider Ammunition, rushed about frantically busy supplying ammunition to support firepower of soldiers fighting in the front line by taking every possible measures like obtaining permission to use the facilities to produce ammunition from the Navy Ministry, planning to purchase 5 million empty cartridge cases from a foreign merchant, and borrowing ammunition from the Qing dynasty in order to supply a great deal of ammunition.
Japanese: スナイドル弾薬の調達を担当した陸軍省の西郷従道と原田一道は、大量の弾薬を調達すべく、海軍省から弾薬製造設備を借り受けたり、外国商人から空薬莢500万個の購入を計画したり、あるいは清国から弾薬を借り受けるなど、前線で戦う兵士達の火力を支える弾薬調達に東奔西走した。
English: On February 19, Kumamoto Castle guarded by Kumamoto Garrison had a fire, which spread to the keep in a violent wind and also burned down the donjon.
Japanese: 2月19日、熊本鎮台が守る熊本城内で火災が起こり、烈風の中、火は櫓に延焼し、天守までも焼失した。
English: The cause of the fire is still unknown (as a persuasive opinion, it is said that the government army set fire to itself.)
Japanese: この火災の原因は今もって不明（ただし、官軍による自焼説が有力）である。
English: In the meantime, the reconnaissance party dispatched from Kumamoto Garrison fired at the troops of BEPPU; here, actual fighting of the Seinan War began.
Japanese: まもなく熊本鎮台から派遣された偵察隊が別府の隊に発砲し、西南戦争の実戦が始まった。
English: In the night of February 21 when all the battalions had successively arrived at Kawajiri, the Satsuma army, having been unexpectedly attacked by Kumamoto Garrison, held a council of war.
Japanese: 熊本鎮台からの攻撃を予想していなかった薩軍は、相次いで大隊が川尻に到着した21日夜、川尻で軍議を開いた。
English: The council was divided between the plan urged by IKEGAMI to 'deploy part of the army in Kumamoto to defend the region and to make the main force head east' and the plan urged by those including SHINOHARA to 'storm Kumamoto Castle by the whole army', and finally, the latter plan was adopted.
Japanese: 軍議では池上が主張する「熊本に抑えを置き、主力東上」策と篠原らが主張する「全軍による熊本城強襲」策が対立したが、強襲策が採用された。
English: From midnight of February 21 to dawn of 22, the battalions of the Satsuma army successively started toward Kumamoto, and pressed a siege vigorously against Kumamoto Castle.
Japanese: 2月21日の夜半から22日の早暁にかけて薩軍の大隊は順次熊本に向けて発し、熊本城を包囲強襲した。
English: The 4th battalion led by KIRINO and the 5th battalion led by IKEGAMI were to make a frontal attack, and the 1st battalion led by Kunimoto SHINOHARA, the 2nd battalion led by Shinpachi MURATA, the Kajiki battalion led by Shinsuke BEPPU, and part of the 3rd battalion led by Yaichiro NAGAYAMA were to make a rear attack.
Japanese: 桐野の第四大隊・池上の第五大隊は正面攻撃、篠原国幹の第一大隊・村田新八の第二大隊・別府晋介の加治木の大隊、及び永山弥一郎の第三大隊の一部は背面攻撃を担当した。
English: At this time, persons who would later become leading military men and statesmen participated in the government army: Major General Tateki TANI (later, Minister of Agriculture and Commerce) as Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Sukenori KABAYAMA (later, Navy Minister, Chief of the Naval General Staff) as Chief of Staff, as well as Major Gentaro KODAMA (later, Army Minister, Chief of the General Staff), Major Soroku KAWAKAMI (later, Chief of the General Staff), Major Yasukata OKU (later, Chief of General Staff, General of the Army), for example.
Japanese: この時の官軍側には、司令官の谷干城少将（後に農商務大臣）、参謀長の樺山資紀中佐（後に海軍大臣・軍令部長）はじめ、児玉源太郎少佐（後に陸軍大臣・参謀総長）、川上操六少佐（後に参謀総長）・奥保鞏少佐（後に参謀総長・元帥）など、後年の大物軍人・政治家らが参加していた。
English: The ratio of military capability between the Satsuma army and the garrison was 4000 to 4000 at this time.
Japanese: この時の戦力比は薩軍約14,000人に対して、鎮台軍約4,000人であった。
English: Traditionally, it had been said that the besiegers had to be ten times as strong as the defenders; therefore, the plan to press a siege against the castle with the ratio of 1:3: would have been reckless for the Satsuma soldiers however fierce and cunning they were.
Japanese: 古来、攻城側は守城側の10倍は必要とされていることからすれば、いかに剽悍な薩摩兵とはいえ、1対3での包囲強襲は無謀な作戦と言える。
English: At three o'clock in the afternoon, upon learning that part of the government army marched into Ueki, the Satsuma army dispatched the platoons led by Sansuke MURATA and Naoji ITO to Ueki, and in the evening, Shokuro IWAKIRI of the ITO's platoon captured the battle flag of the 14th regiment ((Major Maresuke NOGI..)
Japanese: 同日午後、薩軍は官軍一部の植木進出を聞き、午後3時に村田三介・伊東直二の小隊が植木に派遣され、夕刻、伊東隊の岩切正九郎が第十四連隊（乃木希典少佐）の軍旗を分捕った。
English: On the other hand, Kumamoto Castle was so sturdy against the Satsuma army's all-out attack that it was considered to be impregnable.
Japanese: 一方、総攻撃した熊本城は堅城で、この日の状況から簡単には攻め落とせないとみなされた。
English: In the evening, the 1st and 2nd brigades of the government army began marching south on a full scale, when the Satsuma army had moved the headquarters to Honjo and was holding a council of war, which was thrown into confusion.
Japanese: 夜、本荘に本営を移し、ここでの軍議でもめているうちに、官軍の第1および第2旅団は本格的に南下し始めた。
English: In the council of war, they once agreed in further storming the castle according to the plan of SHINOHARA and others, but Kohei and Oshisuke NOMURA, who arrived later, strongly opposed that; in the council held again in the midnight, they agreed in storming Kumamoto Castle, while dispatching part of the army to blitz Kokura.
Japanese: この軍議では、一旦は篠原らの強襲策続行に決したが、遅れて到着した小兵衛や野村忍介の強い反対があり、深夜に開かれた再軍議で熊本城を強襲する一方、一部は小倉を電撃すべしと決した。
English: On February 23, IKEGAMI led the platoons of MURATA and FUKAMI toward Kokura, but upon hearing the gunfire of a fierce battle on the way to Kokura, IKEGAMI changed the course to Tabaru and only the platoon of Sansuke MURATA headed toward Kokura.
Japanese: 翌23日に池上が村田・深見らの小隊を率いて小倉へ向けて出発したが、途中で激戦の銃声を聞いて池上は田原に転進し、村田三介の小隊だけが小倉方面へ進んだ。
English: The Satsuma army adopted a reckless plan of attacking the garrison, which entrenched themselves in the sturdy castle with superior cannons, rifles, and abundant ammunition, with less cannons and inferior rifles.
Japanese: 薩軍は少ない大砲と装備の劣った小銃で、堅城に籠もり、優勢な大砲・小銃と豊富な弾薬を有する鎮台を攻めるなど無謀この上もない作戦を採用した。
English: From February 21 to 24, the Satsuma army not only failed each and every attack on the castle but also had most of its fierce and cunning soldiers exhausted in the attack; after February 24, the both sides were involved in confrontation.
Japanese: したがって2月21日から24日に至る薩軍の攻撃は悉く失敗しただけでなく、剽悍な士の多くがこの攻城戦で消耗して、24日以後は両軍の対峙状態に陥った。
English: Then, as countermeasures against the government army that was approaching from north, the government army that was going to disembark, and Kumamoto Garrison, the Satsuma army changed its plan of storming Kumamoto Castle to the drawn-out siege plan.
Japanese: そこで、薩軍は南下してくる官軍、また上陸してくると予想される官軍、熊本鎮台に対処するために、熊本城強襲策を変更して長囲策に転じた。
English: The government army and the Satsuma army kept engaged in battles of attack and defense in the areas of Ueki, Kitome and Kichiji, Torisu, and Kumamoto; from February 20 to 27, they fiercely fought in the Kumamoto area, from March 1 to 31, in the areas of Tabaru and Kichiji, from March 10 to April 15, in the area of Torisu, and from March 4 to April 15, in the areas of Ueki and Kitome.
Japanese: 植木方面、木留・吉次方面、鳥巣方面、熊本方面では引き続き官軍と薩軍の攻防戦が繰り広げられ、2月20日～27日には熊本方面、3月1日～31日には田原・吉次方面、3月10日～4月15日には鳥巣方面、3月4日～4月15日には植木・木留方面で激しい戦闘が行われた。
English: The troops from prefectures in Kyushu that sided with the Satsuma army during this period were the Kijima-tai troop (Commander: Kiyoshi KIJIMA, an about 2000-strong battalion of newly recruited Satsuma soldiers) as well as others summarized below.
Japanese: なお、この間および後に薩軍に荷担した九州諸県の各隊は、貴島隊（隊長貴島清、薩摩新募の1箇大隊約2,000名）を除けば、大約以下の通りである。
English: On February 24, the 1st brigade (Major General Shizuo NOZU) and the 2nd brigade (Major General Shigeomi MIYOSHI) were marching south.
Japanese: 2月24日、第1旅団（野津鎭雄少将）と第2旅団（三好重臣少将）は相次いで南下中であった。
English: At Kurume, the two brigadier generals learned that their side was defeated in Konoha, and dispatched part of their brigades to the Miike Highway, while hastening the movement toward south.
Japanese: 久留米で木葉の敗戦報告を聞いた両旅団長は南下を急ぐ一方、三池街道に一部部隊を分遣した。
English: The 14th regiment (Major NOGI) headed toward Ishinuki, while sending a reconnaissance party to the Takase area.
Japanese: 歩兵第14連隊（乃木少佐）は石貫に進む一方で高瀬方面へ捜索を出した。
English: In the Yamaga area, the group of the 14th regiment was reinforced with a company that spearheaded the 3rd brigade, and fought the five platoons led by Oshisuke NOMURA, which was transferred to there on February 24, whereas the other group of the 14th regiment had pushed through the Takase Road and occupied Takase without fighting the Satsuma army.
Japanese: 山鹿方面では第三旅団の先鋒1個中隊の増援を得て24日に転進して来た野村忍介の5個小隊と対戦することになったが、高瀬道を進んだ部隊は薩軍と戦闘をすることもなく高瀬を占領した。
English: Kijiro IWAKIRI, Kyonosuke KODAMA, and others (three platoons), Tomofusa SASSA and others (three platoons of the Kumamoto-tai troop)
Japanese: ─岩切喜次郎・児玉強之助ら（3個小隊）、佐々友房ら（熊本隊3個小隊）
English: Against them, the punitive brigades of the government army successively entered Nankanmachi and established the headquarters, immediately dispatched troops to Ishinuki, and sent reinforcements to Iwasakihara.
Japanese: これに対し、官軍の征討旅団は順次南関町に入って本営を設け、ただちに石貫に派兵し、岩崎原に増援を送った。
English: At the sight of the government army pitching a camp along the Takase-gawa River, the IWAKIRI's troop fired down upon them from the bridge over the river, while the Kumamoto-tai troop crossed the river and attacked Hazama and Iwasakihara.
Japanese: 官軍が高瀬川の線に陣を構築するのを見た岩切らは高瀬川の橋梁から攻撃を仕掛け、熊本隊は渡河して迫間・岩崎原を攻撃した。
English: The IWAKIRI's troop reversely had a hard time under plunging fire from the plateau on east of Ishinuki, and the Kumamoto-tai troop was intercepted by the right flank of the reinforced 14th regiment; after a two-hour fierce battle and confrontation, the troops retreated in the night.
Japanese: しかし、岩切らは石貫東側台地からの瞰射に苦しみ、熊本隊は増援を得た第十四連隊右翼に妨げられて、激戦対峙すること2時間、夜になって退却した。
English: On February 26, in order to keep the government army from marching on Takase, the KOSHIYAMA's three platoons took up their positions between Yamabeta and Jonoshita ready to intercept it, and the three platoons of the Kumamoto-tai troop led by SASSA and others and the three platoons led by IWAKIRI and KODAMA took up their positions between Terada and Tateyama ready to intercept it.
Japanese: 2月26日、越山の3個小隊は官軍の高瀬進出に対し、山部田と城の下の間に邀線を敷き、佐々らの熊本隊3個小隊及び岩切・児玉らの3個小隊は寺田と立山の間に邀線を敷いて高瀬前進を阻止しようとした。
English: Having misreported that the platoons led by SASSA and others were putting up a hard battle, the main force of the Kumamoto-tai troop led by IKEBE headed toward Terada.
Japanese: 池辺の熊本隊主力は佐々らの部隊が苦戦中という誤報を得て寺田に進んだ。
English: At this moment, the main force of the Satsuma army led by KIRINO, SHINOHARA, MURATA, and BEPPU was assembling in Okubo (north of Kumamoto City.)
Japanese: この時、桐野・篠原・村田・別府らが率いる薩軍主力は大窪（熊本市北）に集結中だった。
English: Against the government army marching toward Takase and the government army in Takase, the main force of the Satsuma army was planning to be divided into three flanks of left, center, and right to make a pincer attack from the areas shown below.
Japanese: 薩軍主力は大窪で左・中・右3翼に分かれ、次の方向から高瀬及び高瀬に進撃しつつある官軍を挟撃する計画でいた。
English: On the other hand, since the government army was unaware of the main force of the Satsuma army heading north, it judged that the Satsuma army in front of them was not dominating over them and took the formation as below.
Japanese: これに対し官軍は、薩軍主力の北進を知らず、前面の薩軍が未だ優勢でないとの判断にもとづき、次のように部署を定めた。
English: 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.
Japanese: 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。
English: As soon as the government army learned that the Satsuma army were storming in full strength by a report from the reconnaissance party and urgent messages from the respective troops, it dispatched the reinforcements to the troops, while having the Brigadier MIYOSHI advance for Sakoma in person.
Japanese: 官軍は捜索隊の報告と各地からの急報で初めて薩軍の大挙来襲を知り、各地に増援隊を派遣するとともに三好旅団長自ら迫間に進出した。
English: The battle between the government army and the Satsuma army was so fierce that it turned out to be gunfights and close combats in which Major General MIYOSHI got a gunshot wound.
Japanese: 官薩両軍の戦いは激しく、三好少将が銃創を負ったほどの銃砲撃戦・接戦がおこなわれた。
English: Around 10 o'clock in the morning, the right flank led by KIRINO made a detour to destroy the government army's line of communications in Ishinuki.
Japanese: 午前10時頃、桐野率いる右翼隊は迂回して石貫にある官軍の背後連絡線を攻撃した。
English: Colonel Michitsura NOZU (younger brother), who happened to be at the headquarters of the 2nd brigade, decided with the leaders of the brigade to send reinforcements and also commanded them to occupy the Inariyama hill.
Japanese: この時に第2旅団本営にたまたま居合わせた野津道貫大佐(弟)は旅団幹部と謀って増援を送るとともに、稲荷山の確保を命じた。
English: Once occupied the hill, the government army fired down upon the right flank of the Satsuma army and drove it off, although the Satsuma army had tried to capture the hill again and again.
Japanese: この山を占領した官軍は何度も奪取を試みる薩軍右翼隊を瞰射して退けた。
English: Subsequently, the soldiers of Major General Shizuo NOZU (older brother), who had arrived from north, assaulted on the right side of the right flank so that even the right flank led by brave KIRINO could not withstand it and retreated toward Eda.
Japanese: 次いで、南下してきた野津鎮雄少将（兄）の兵が右翼隊の右側面を衝いたので、猛将桐野の率いる右翼隊も堪らず、江田方面に退いた。
English: The struggle for the Inariyama hill has been regarded as the decisive battle in the Seinan War, since the hill was the strategic point in the area in spite of its lowness.
Japanese: 稲荷山は低丘陵であるが、この地域の要衝であったので、ここをめぐる争奪戦は西南戦争の天王山ともいわれている。
English: The left column of the right flank drove the government army out of Iwasakihara to Mt. Kuzuhara, whereas the center troop retreated due to the lack of ammunition.
Japanese: 右翼隊の左縦隊は官軍を岩崎原から葛原山に退けたが、中央隊は弾薬不足で退却した。
English: Also the three platoons of Kohei SAIGO, Naonoshin ASAE, Kichinosuke SAGARA crossed the river under enemy fire and took other attempts to recover Takase, but the reinforcements of the government army pushed them back and it was nearing sunset, thus, the platoons retreated toward Ohama.
Japanese: 西鄉小兵衛・浅江直之進・相良吉之助三小隊も敵前渡河を強行したりして高瀬奪回を試みたが官軍の増援に押され、日没もせまったので、大浜方面へ退却した。
English: From March 1 to 31, the fierce battles of Tabaru Slope and Kichiji Pass were fought in present Oaza Toyooka, Uekimachi town, Kamotogun County, Kumamoto Prefecture.
Japanese: 3月1日から3月31日まで、現在の熊本県鹿本郡植木町大字豊岡で田原坂・吉次峠の激戦が繰り広げられた。
English: On March 11, in order to break through the line of defense at Tabaru Slope, the government army was divided into the main force and the detached force.
Japanese: 官軍は田原坂防衛線突破のため、3月11日、軍を主力と別働隊に分けた。
English: The main force was deployed to break through Tabaru Slope and Kichiji Pass, and the detached force was deployed to contain the movements of the KIRINO's troop in Yamaga.
Japanese: 主力は田原坂・吉次峠の突破のために、別働隊は山鹿の桐野部隊の動きを封じ込むためにおかれた。
English: Being confronted with the Satsuma army's violent gunfight and close fighting with swords by taking advantage of the terrain, the main force gave up the frontal breakthrough of Tabaru Slope without making any counterattack and changed the plan to capture Mt. Yokohira (Mt. Nachi) by attacking the west side of the Satsuma army.
Japanese: しかし、主力軍は地形を存分に利用した薩軍の激しい銃撃と、抜刀白兵戦に手も足も出ず、田原坂の正面突破を諦めて、西側から攻めて横平山（那智山）を奪うことにした。
English: The government army formed Battotai (drawn sword squad) with soldiers selected from the warrior class for the close fighting with swords but it was defeated; then, on March 13, the government army newly formed the Keishibatto-tai troop (drawn sword squad of police officers.)
Japanese: 白兵抜刀攻撃に対抗するため、官軍は士族出身の兵卒を選び抜刀隊を組織したが、討ち破られたため、3月13日、新たに警視抜刀隊を組織した。
English: On March 14, the government army started to attack Tabaru Slope but, after all, could not occupy Mt. Yokohira.
Japanese: 3月14日、官軍は田原坂攻撃を開始したが、結局横平山を占領することはできなかった。
English: On March 15, the government army finally broken the defense of the Satsuma army and occupied Mt. Yokohira (Mt. Nachi.)
Japanese: 官軍は3月15日、薩軍の守備を破り、ついに横平山(那智山)を占領した。
English: It was the first time that the government army succeeded in breaking the line of defense of the Satsuma army.
Japanese: この日に初めて官軍は、薩軍の防衛線に割って入ることに成功したのである。
English: Since the government army was slightly inferior to the Satsuma army, which took advantage of the terrain, it could not break the line of defense at Tabaru Slope.
Japanese: しかし、地形を生かした薩軍にあと一歩及ばず、田原坂の防衛線を破ることは出来なかった。
English: From March 4, the government army had 2000 killed and 2000 wounded.
Japanese: この間、3月4日からの官軍の戦死者は約2,000名、負傷者も2,000名にのぼった。
English: On March 18, in the headquarters of the main force of the government army, those including Major General Shizuo NOZU (1st Brigadier), Major General Shigeomi MIYOSHI (2nd Brigadier), Chief of Staff, Colonel Michitsura NOZU, and Major General Iwao OYAMA from the Takase punitive headquarters held the General Staff Council.
Japanese: 官軍主力隊本営では3月18日、野津鎮雄少将（第1旅団長）・三好重臣少将（第2旅団長）、参謀長野津道貫大佐、高瀬征討本営の大山巌少将などによって幕僚会議が開かれた。
English: Until then, the government army had wasted its military force; it achieved little for that large military force it spent.
Japanese: これまでの戦いの中で、官軍は多大な兵力を注ぎながらも、一向に戦果が挙がらず、兵力のみが費やされてきた。
English: It was partly because the Satsuma army had superior soldiers and established the line of defense at Tabaru Slope by taking advantage of the terrain.
Japanese: この原因として挙げられるのは、薩軍が優れた兵を保持していることと、地の利を生かして田原坂の防衛線を築いているためである。
English: By taking consideration of soldiers' fatigue, they agreed in taking a day off on 19th and starting the all-out attack on the two sides in the early morning of 20th.
Japanese: しかし、兵の疲労を考慮し、19日は休養日として、20日早朝に二方面から総攻撃を決行する、と決めた。
English: The main force of the attacking army approached Tabaru Slope via a valley from Futamata by taking advantage of downpour and fog.
Japanese: 攻撃主力隊は豪雨と霧に紛れながら、二股から谷を越え、田原坂付近に接近した。
English: In the rain, the government army made unprecedented heavy artillery attack from the artillery position on Mt. Yokohira in Futamata toward the whole area of Tabaru Slope.
Japanese: そして雨の中、二股の横平山の砲兵陣地から田原坂一帯に未だかつてない大砲撃を開始した。
English: Immediately after the bombardment, the force charged the Satsuma army's temporary headquarters in Nanamoto all at once as a single target.
Japanese: 砲撃が止むと同時に薩軍の出張本営七本のみに攻撃目標を絞り、一斉に突撃した。
English: In Nanamoto, due to the heavy gunfire from the government army and intermittent rain, the Satsuma army delayed in fighting back and could do nothing but endure the attack without grasping the situation.
Japanese: 薩軍は官軍の猛砲撃と、断続的に降り注ぐ雨のため応戦が遅れ、七本では状況が把握できないまま攻撃を受けざるを得なかった。
English: The Satsuma army was gradually overwhelmed by the sudden attack so that it could not fight back in spite of the line of defense and fled to the Ueki area.
Japanese: 薩軍は防衛線を築いていながらも、突然の攻撃のため徐々に応戦できなくなり、植木方面に敗走した。
English: The Kichiji Pass force suffered a great deal of damage, instead, such that a lot of members including Captain KOMAI were killed in the attack.
Japanese: しかし、吉次峠部隊の被害は甚大で、駒井大尉をはじめ、この攻撃で多くの命が失われた。
English: Subsequently, the government army descended Tabaru Slope in an attempt to invade the Ueki area, but was intercepted by the Satsuma army on its way and gave up the invasion.
Japanese: その後、官軍は田原坂を下って植木方面までの侵攻を試みたが、途中で薩軍の攻撃にあって中止となった。