Hokuetsu War

Japanese: 北越戦争 - ほくえつせんそう

This was one of the Boshin Wars, and took place in central and northern Echigo from leap April to August 1868 (Keio 4). It was a battle between the new government forces (the Hokuriku-do pacification army, with Kuroda Kiyotaka and Yamagata Aritomo as staff officers) and the Oshu-Uetsu Reppan Alliance forces. The alliance forces controlled the key Niigata Port and supplied themselves with weapons, and under the command of Kawai Tsugunosuke, they waged a defensive battle centered on Nagaoka. The new government forces were forced into the most difficult battle of the Boshin War, but at the end of July they captured Nagaoka Castle again, taking control of Echigo and opening a new phase for the Aizu War.
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Japanese:

戊辰戦争の一つで，1868年（慶応４年）閏(うるう)４〜８月，越後中・北部で行われた新政府軍（黒田清隆，山県有朋を参謀とする北陸道鎮撫軍）と奥羽越列藩同盟軍との戦争。同盟軍は要所新潟港を押さえて武器を補給，河井継之助の指揮下に，長岡を中心に攻防戦を展開。新政府軍は戊辰戦争中最大の苦戦をしいられたが，７月末，長岡城を再度陥れて越後を制圧，会津戦争への新局面を開いた。
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