<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kokuba amaJapane eqale ukuhlasela ngezindiza ngoJanuwari 1942, ukuhlasela kwafika ngenyanga elandelayo ngoFebhuwari 20, 1942, lapho amasosha aseJapane enza ukuhlasela ngezindiza nangama-amphibi azungeze lesi siqhingi. Ihlulwe ngobuningi futhi inezinsiza ezilinganiselwe, ngemuva kokuxhumana kokuqala ibutho lacekela phansi inkundla yezindiza futhi laqhubekela ezweni, linciphisa izikhundla eziningi zamaJapane njengoba zazihamba, kufaka phakathi ukuhlaselwa kwe-ridge lapho i-Japanese 228th Infantry Regiment yalahlekelwa okungenani abantu abangu-123 ngoFebhuwari 22. Ekuseni ngoFebhuwari 23 isimo sasisibi kakhulu futhi ibutho lacishe lavinjezelwa ngaseChamplong. Engenaso isivikelo sezindiza futhi ebhekene nesinqumo sokunikezela noma ukuhlaselwa ngamandla emoyeni okungenzeka ukuthi kususe ibutho, uLeggatt waphoqeleka ukuba anikele ngomyalo wakhe futhi ngenxa yalokho iningi le-240th lathunjwa. Nokho, abanye bakwazi ukuphunyuka, kuyilapho abanye ababesekwelinye izwe begwema ukubanjwa futhi bahlanganyela emkhankasweni wamavukela-mbuso owalandela  <response>: ngaphambi kokuba abuyiselwe e-Australia ngo-December 1942. Laba basebenzi basatshalaliswa kwamanye amayunithi, abanye bagcina bedluliselwe e- a href212th20Battalion2028Australia29212th Battaliona, kanti i-240th Battalion ayikaze ibuyekezwe. 