Daga ranar 8 ga Nuwamba, sojojin Amurka sun yi ƙoƙari su kewaye sojojin Shōji a Gavaga Creek kusa da Koli Point. A halin yanzu, Hyakutake ya umarci Shōji ya watsar da matsayinsa a Koli kuma ya koma ga sojojin Japan a Kokumbona a yankin Matanikau. Akwai rata ta hanyar rafin da ke kudu da layin Amurka. Tsakanin 9 da 11 ga Nuwamba, Shōji da tsakanin 2,000 da 3,000 na mutanensa sun tsere zuwa cikin daji zuwa kudu. A ranar 12 ga Nuwamba, Amurkawa sun mamaye gaba ɗaya kuma sun kashe duk sauran sojojin Japan da ke cikin aljihun hagu.
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