<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Ngo-Okthoba 12, umkhumbi-mkhombi we-escort wasuka eManus eqenjini le-Rear Admiral Thomas L. Spragues Escort Carrier Group ukuhlinzeka ngosizo lomoya  <response>: ukufika eLeyte Gulf. Wafika ePhilippines ezinsukwini eziningana kamuva, futhi izindiza zakhe zaqala ukuhlasela izikhungo zesitha eVisayas kwaze kwaba ngu-Okthoba 25. Wanikeza ukusekelwa emoyeni amabutho okuhlasela nge anti-submarine futhi ukulwa air amaphoyisa kanye nokuhlaselwa ngokumelene izikhungo Japanese ogwini. 