Severely injured by shrapnel through his left thigh during the fighting .
He was extremely impressed with the firepower of the Royal Navy and the amount of material damage that only a few vessels were able to inflict on Kagoshima .
Although severely injured by shrapnel through his left thigh during the fighting , he was extremely impressed with the firepower of the Royal Navy and the amount of material damage that only a few vessels were able to inflict on Kagoshima .