<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Umkhumbi - mbhubhisi ohambisana nawo wasebenza kule ndawo izinyanga ezine kuyilapho amabutho ahlangene eqinisa ukubamba kwawo enyakatho yeSolomon Islands. Ngo-Agasti 5, ngenkathi ephuma emlonyeni womfula iJaba esiQhingini saseBougainville, wabhomba iqembu elincane lamasosha aseJapane elalibhekene namabutho ahlangene alawula lesi siqhingi. Izindiza ze-Allied zabika ukuthi zonke izindawo ayebhekiswe kuzo zazigcwele umlilo. Ngemva kokubhubhisa imayini eyayintanta ngo-August 19, i-Bowers yasesha indawo ezungeze iBougainville neTreasury Island ifuna umkhumbi ongaphansi kwamanzi okwakubikwa ukuthi useduze. Imisebenzi yakhe enyakatho yeSolomon yaphela eBiak, eNew Guinea, lapho ahlanganyela khona neqembu labathengisi bamafutha abalibangise ePhilippines ukuyosiza  <response>: Ukufika kwamaMelika eLeyte. 