 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Warrego akanga achiperekedza ngarava yeDutch kuenda kuTownsville apo ngarava dzose dziri mbiri dzakadzoserwa kuPort Moresby kuti dziumbe boka rokutakura kuti riunze mauto kuMilne Bay. Na, Warrego akaperekedza Karsik uye ngarava yeDutch mumotokari yekutanga kupinda muMilne Bay musi wa25 Chikumi 1942 nemauto eAustralia, mainjiniya eAmerica uye zvinopihwa zvekuvaka hwaro ihwohwo mukugadzirira kushanda kwechiteshi uye kuvaka nhandare. Warrego, yakafukidzwa nemiti yakasvibira, yakamira apo Karsik yakadzikisa zvinhu pachiteshi chakagadzirwa kusvikira vose vaenda kuAustralia musi wa 28 June. Pakazosvika 11 July, ngarava yacho yakanga yadzoka, ichiperekedza ngarava yeDutch naBrigadier John Field uye 7th Brigade Group yakatanga seMilne Force kuti ichengetedze nzvimbo dzendege dziri kuvakwa. Pakupera kwaOctober Warrego,, uye vakanga vachibatsira chikepe chekuongorora pakuongorora nzira yakachengeteka yemidziyo mikuru kubva kuMilne Bay kuenda kuCape Nelson kuitira kuti vape zvikepe zvikuru zvekutsigira kuBuna campaignizvo zvakatungamirira kuKarsik kuendesa matangi kuBuna uye kutakura motokari dzeOperation Lilliput. 