<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Nakuba uWilliam D. Porter efika entshonalanga yePacific sekwephuze kakhulu ukuba ahlanganyele empini yangempela  <response>: ukuhlasela eLeyte, izimo zempi zaqhubeka lapho ngemuva kokufika kwayo eSan Pedro Bay. Ngokushesha ngemva kokuba isikebhe sifike lapho, izindiza zaseJapane zahlasela imikhumbi eyayisendaweni yokumisa izikebhe. Indiza yokuqala yabhekiswa izibhamu zomshayisibhamu esiseduzane ngaphambi kokuba ifinyelele ebangeni eliphumelelayo lika Porter. Kodwa-ke, kwavela omunye umhlaseli, futhi izibhamu zamasentimitha amahlanu zomshayisibhamu zajoyina lezo zezinqola zokuhambisa ezazibuthene ukuze zimlethele isiphetho esivuthayo phakathi nomoya. 