<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ekupheleni kuka-August, i-Australia kanye neNew Zealand  <response>: amandla okuhlala eSamoa YaseJalimane. UPatey wayekholelwa ukuthi imikhumbi yaseJalimane cishe yayisempumalanga yePacific, futhi iSamoa yayiyoba isinyathelo esinengqondo. Ukuvikela imikhumbi yempi yaseNew Zealand kwakuyingozi, yize isikhathi besingaba ngcono, njengoba iqembu lase-Australia elalizohlala eGerman New Guinea lasuka eSydney ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemuva kokuthi ibutho laseNew Zealand lishiye amanzi asekhaya. I-Australia bekulindeleke ukuthi isekele zombili, kodwa uPatey wezwa ngaleli qembu kuphela ngemuva kokuba beqale uhambo lwabo. I-Battlecruiser yasuka ePort Moresby ngo-Agasti 17 futhi yahlangatshezwa yi- Melbourne endleleni ngo-Agasti 20. Ngosuku olulandelayo, bafika eNouméa kanye nebutho laseNew Zealand elalihlala khona, elalihlanganisa imikhumbi yempi iMoeraki kanye ne Monowai, umkhumbi wamabutho waseFrance, kanye namabutho amathathu aseNew Zealand. Ukuvalwa komkhumbi i-Monowai kwahlehlisa ukuhamba kwalo mkhumbi kwaze kwaba ngu-23 Agasti; imikhumbi yafika eSuva, eFiji ngo-26 Agasti, futhi yafika e-Apia ekuseni ngo-30 Agasti. Idolobha lanikezela ngaphandle kokulwa, likhulula i-Australia ne-Melbourne ukuba bahambe emini ngo-Agasti 31 ukuyohlangana nebutho lase-Australia elibheke eRabaul. 