Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i te timatanga o te Pakanga o Rūhia-Hapani, i whakauruhia te 8th Division i te Pipiri 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. Katahi ka tohua mo te kaupapa i whakaarohia
Ko te wehenga 8th i noho ki te rahui tae noa ki te whakawhiwhinga 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.