Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I muri i te tīmatanga o te Pakanga o Rūhia-Hapana, i whakahoutia te Rōpū 8 i Hune 1904. I whakaritea i te timatanga mo te whakaekenga a Hapanihi ki te Primorskaya Oblast i te tuawhenua o Siberia, engari i tukuna hei ope taapiri mo te Siege o Port Arthur i muri i te whakakorenga o taua mahere. I reira i whakaritea ai mō te whakaekenga o Sakhalin
Ko te 8th Division i noho ki te rahui tae noa ki te whakawhiwhia hei whakapakari i te Pakanga o Sandepu i te Hanuere 1905. I whakahaerehia e ia te rereketanga, i te whakakore i te whakaeke a Ruhia me te 5th Division. I te Hui-tanguru 1905, i uru te wehenga ki te Pakanga o Mukden.