<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akasiya basa kuSeeadler Harbor, iri mukati meManus Island, uko mapurani akadhirowewa nokuda kwe  <response>: kumhara paLeyte. Yakabatana neTaffy 1, pamwe chete nedzimwe 12 dzinotakura zvikepe, pasi pokutungamirirwa kweAdmiral Thomas L. Sprague. Taffy 1 yakapiwa basa rokurinda mukova wokumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva muLeyte Gulf. Musi wa 14 Gumiguru, boka rebasa rakabva, richidzivirira vatakuri vehondo munzira, kusvika mukati meLeyte Gulf na 20 Gumiguru. Sezvo Mauto eJapan akavhara mukubatana kwakasarudzika musi wa24 Gumiguru, Saginaw Bay uye yakatamisa yakawanda yendege yavo kune dzimwe vatakuri. Ipapo iye pamudyandigere kuna Morotai nokuda yokutsiva ndege, kurasikirwa rakatevera Battle kure Samar. Akadzokera basa chikwata chake musi waOctober 28 pamwe itsva ndege contingent, sezvo akatanga pamudyandigere shure kuna Manus. 