Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Jeneraal Douglas MacArthur wuxuu ku deeqay Taliye Jeneraal Walter Krueger ee Ciidanka Lixaad, hawsha qabsashada Bataan, iyo markii dambe Corregidor. Ciidanka Maraykanka ee XI Corps, oo ka yimid
Ololaha Leyte, oo uu hogaaminayo Major General Charles P. Hall, wuxuu kordhiyay Ciidanka Lixaad. Ciidanka XI Corps oo ka koobnaa Qaybta 38aad ee Ciidanka oo uu hoggaaminayay Maj. Gen. Henry L.C. Jones iyo Kornayl Aubrey "Red" S. Newman 34aad ee Ciidanka, 24aad ee Ciidanka, ayaa ka degayay xeebta Zambales qiyaastii shan iyo labaatan mayl (40 km) waqooyi-galbeed ee Bataan, waxay si deg deg ah u sii wadeen dhanka bari ee salka Jasiiradda, ka dibna waxay u dhaqaaqeen dhanka koonfureed, iyagoo nadiifinaya Bataan, oo ay ku jirto xeebta bari.