<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngenkathi i-Operation Thursday iqala ukuphenduka, ukushintshwa kukaWingate njengomkhuzi weSpecial Force kwacela i-23 Brigade, kodwa esikhundleni salokho i-brigade yahamba yaya eBurma ngo-Ephreli 3, 1944 ukuvikela imizila eya e-Assam futhi ihlanganise uhlangothi olusenyakatho lwe-Fourteenth Army ekuhlaseleni kwayo okuphambene neKohima. Njengoba leli gatsha lalihamba phambili, lathola izingxenye ze-Japanese 124th Regiment ezivikela uhlangothi lwe-31st Division. Laba baqaphi ababesohlangothini, besizwa yiziphepho, ihlathi eliwugqinsi, nezintaba ezicijile, babeka ukubambezeleka okukhulu ekuqhubekeni kwe-23 Brigade ngaseJessami. Ngemva  <response>: AbaseBrithani baqhubeka bebheke e-Imphal, namanje benama-23 Brigade njengabalindi be-flank ku-Kharasom Ukhrul axis, nomsebenzi wokunqamula ukuxhumana kwamaJapane emuva eMfuleni iChindwin. 