▁few ▁small ▁groups ▁of ▁Nas u ' s ▁men ▁broke ▁through ▁the ▁American ▁def enses , ▁including ▁one ▁led ▁by ▁Colonel ▁Fur imi ya , ▁but ▁were ▁all ▁h unted ▁down ▁and ▁killed ▁over ▁the ▁next ▁several ▁days . ▁Sho ji ' s ▁right ▁wing ▁units ▁did ▁not ▁particip ate ▁in ▁the ▁attacks , ▁choosing ▁instead ▁to ▁remain ▁in ▁place ▁to ▁cover ▁Nas u ' s ▁right ▁fl ank ▁against ▁a ▁possible ▁attack ▁in ▁that ▁area ▁by ▁U . S . ▁forces ▁that ▁never ▁material ized . ▁ ▁O ka ' s ▁attack ▁ ▁At ▁ 0 3 : 0 0 ▁on ▁ 2 6 ▁October , ▁O ka ' s ▁unit ▁finally ▁reached ▁and ▁attacked ▁the ▁Marine ▁def enses ▁near ▁the ▁Mat an ik au . ▁O ka ' s ▁troops ▁assault ed ▁all ▁along ▁an ▁east - west ▁s addle ▁r idge ▁held ▁by ▁Han ne ken ' s ▁batt alion ▁but ▁concentr ated ▁particularly ▁on ▁Han ne ken ' s ▁Company ▁F , ▁which ▁def ended ▁the ▁extreme ▁left ▁fl ank ▁of ▁the ▁Marine ▁positions ▁on ▁the ▁r idge . ▁A ▁Company ▁F ▁machine ▁gun ▁section ▁under ▁Mitchell ▁Pa ige ▁killed ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁Japanese ▁attack ers , ▁but ▁Japanese ▁fire ▁eventually ▁killed ▁or ▁injured ▁almost ▁all ▁the ▁Marine ▁machine ▁g unn ers . ▁At ▁ 0 5 : 0 0 , ▁O ka ' s ▁ 3 rd ▁Battalion , ▁ 4 th ▁Infantry ▁succeeded ▁in ▁scaling ▁the ▁ste ep ▁slope ▁of ▁the ▁r idge ▁and ▁pushed ▁the ▁surv