Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei:
I te 16 o Pipiri ka whiti nga Ahitereiria i te Brunei Bay ka tae mai he ope ki te tuawhenua o North Borneo huri noa i Weston, ka tae mai ki te takutai kaore he aukati. Ko tenei ope e rua nga roopu hiko me nga waahanga tautoko mai i te 24th Brigade, i wehe mai i te 9th Division. I tiakina te rohe e nga waahanga o te 56th Independent Mixed Brigade, i hangaia hei waahanga o te Tekau ma toru o nga ope taua, i arahina e Lieutenant-General Masao Baba. Ko te 56th Independent Mixed Brigade i whakahaeretia e Major General Taijiro Akashi.