<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Charrette wahamba ngomkhumbi esuka e-Eniwetok ngo-29 Agasti 1944 ukuze ahlaselwe emoyeni ekuqaleni kukaSepthemba ngokumelene nemigomo ePalau nasePhilippines okwavula indlela yokuhlasela iPeleliu futhi kwaphawula ukuqala kokubuyela ePhilippines. Ukulungiselela ukuhlasela iLeyte  <response>: , iqembu lomsebenzi ophethe umkhumbi laphinde lasuka ngo-Okthoba 4 ukuhlasela okuhloswe ukukhubaza izinkundla zezindiza zaseJapane e-Okinawa, eNyakatho Luzon naseFormosa ngesikhathi kuhlaselwa ePhilippines. Ngo-Okthoba 12 kwaqala ingxenye ebaluleke kakhulu yalezi zigigaba, ngokumelene neFormosa, okwabangela ukuhlaselwa okuphindayo kwezindiza zaseJapane emabuthweni aphethe izindiza. I-Charrette yasiza ekubulaleni izindiza ezihlaselayo ngesikhathi kuhlaselwa lapho ama-cruisers futhi ehlaselwa khona. Charrette wajoyina isihenqo esasiqapha imikhumbi elimele ngesikhathi sokuhoxa kwabo ekuhlaselweni yomoya wesitha, ngaphambi kokujoyina iqembu lakhe labathwali ohambweni oluya enyakatho ukuvimbela amandla aseJapane asondela, eqala iqhaza lakhe eMpini yaseLeyte Gulf. Iziphathi-mkhumbi ayeziqaphile zaqala ukuhlasela amabutho aseNyakatho aseJapane eMpini yaseCape Engaño ngo-Okthoba 25. 