<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-Okthoba 6, ibutho liphinde laphuma - kulokhu ukuze liqalise ukuhlasela okulungiselela ukuhlasela kwePhilippines  <response>: . futhi. Ngemuva kokushaya izisekelo zezindiza zeFormosan zesitha, ibutho laphendukela eningizimu-mpumalanga ukuze lisebenze eLuzon ukusekela ukufika kweLeyte. Ngo-Okthoba 24, njengoba amaJapane aqala ukuhlasela okuphindwe kathathu ukuze aqhube amabutho ama-Allied eGulf of Leyte, iqembu lika Preston, i-Task Group 38.3 TG 38.3, lahlaselwa kanzima kulokho okwakuzoba yimpi yokuqala yeLeyte Gulf. Amagagasi ezindiza zamabhomu nezama-torpedo aqhubeka evala umzila. Eziningi zadutshulwa, kodwa i-Princeton i-CVL-23 yalahleka. Ngalobo busuku i-TG 38.3 yatshelwa ukuba iye enyakatho ukuze ihlangane ne-TG 38.2 ne-TG 38.4 futhi ifune ibutho lezindiza laseJapane. Kungakapheli ihora kuhlangane phakathi kwamabili izindiza zokucinga zase zindiza. Ngemva kokuntwela kokusa bafica ibutho lesitha enyakatho yeCape Engaño futhi amabutho alwayo athunyelwa ngaphandle. Ntambama iqembu laleli qembu lezikebhe ezihlaselayo lavala imikhumbi eyayisindile ukuze lihlasele okokugcina. La mabutho abe esebuyela eningizimu ayojoyina ekufuneni imikhumbi yesitha eyayibalekela iSan Bernardino Strait. Ngo-Okthoba 27, kwaqhutshwa izindiza ukuze kunikezwe isivikelo somoya emabuthweni asemhlabeni eLeyte ngemuva kwalokho imikhumbi yathuthela e-Ulithi. 