<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngo-October 21, 1944, i-HMAS Australia yayisekela  <response>: ukufika kwezilwane eLeyte Gulf. Phesheya kweLeyte Island, abacibishelayo be-HMAS Australia ne-HMAS Shropshire badutshulwa futhi bashaya indiza yaseJapane. Ekuqaleni, indiza yahamba kude nemikhumbi, kodwa kamuva yaphenduka yaziphonsa e-Australia. Le ndiza yashayisa isakhiwo esiphezulu se - Australia ngenhla kwebhuloho. Nakuba ibhomu elalinesisindo esingamakhilogremu angu - 200 elalithwelwe indiza lehluleka ukuqhuma, uphethiloli ovuthayo nemfucumfucu kwachitheka endaweni enkulu. UDechaineux waklinywa iziqhumane futhi washona ngemva kwamahora ambalwa. Wangcwatshwa olwandle ngalobo busuku. Amanye amalungu eqembu angu-30 ashona ngenxa yalokhu kuhlasela; phakathi kwabalimele kwakunguCommodore Collins. 