Ōkubo had set up his headquarters in…
February 1874 CE
Ōkubo had set up his headquarters in Hakata on February 19, and issues a proclamation condemning the Saga rebels as traitors.
Government troops had marched into Saga the following day.
After losing a battle on the border of Saga and Fukuoka on February 22, Eto decides that further resistance will only result in needless deaths, and disbands his army.
Etō tells his followers that he intends to escape to Kagoshima to obtain help from Saigō Takamori and his Satsuma samurai.
If Saigō refuses, he intends to go to Tosa, and if Tosa likewise refuses, he will make his way to Tokyo to commit seppuku.
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