Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 6 ga watan Oktoba, rundunar ta sake fita - wannan lokacin don kaddamar da hare-haren da za a shirya don...
mamayewar Philippines. Bayan da ya buga abokan gaba na Formosan, sojojin sun juya kudu maso gabas don ayyukan Luzon don tallafawa Leyte. A ranar 24 ga Oktoba, yayin da Jafananci suka fara motsawa sau uku don fitar da sojojin Allied daga Leyte Gulf, kungiyar "Preston", Task Group 38.3 (TG 38.3), ta fuskanci mummunan hari a cikin abin da zai zama na farko na yakin Leyte Gulf. Jiragen sama masu kai harin bama-bamai da kuma jirage masu linzami sun rufe rukunin. An harbe mutane da yawa, amma "Princeton" (CVL-23) ya ɓace. A wannan maraice an umurci TG 38.3 zuwa arewa don saduwa da TG 38.2 da TG 38.4 da kuma neman wani jirgin ruwa na Japan. A cikin sa'a guda da haɗuwa da tsakar dare, jirage masu bincike suka fara tashi. Bayan hasken rana sun kama sojojin abokan gaba a arewacin Cape Engaño kuma an aika da rundunonin soja. Da rana, rundunar sojan ruwa ta rundunar sojan ruwa ta rufe jiragen ruwa da suka tsira don kawo hari na karshe. Daga nan sai sojojin suka koma kudu don shiga cikin neman jiragen ruwa na abokan gaba da ke tserewa ta hanyar San Bernardino Strait. A ranar 27 ga Oktoba, an tashi jiragen sama don samar da tsaro ga sojojin kasa a Leyte bayan da jiragen ruwa suka tashi zuwa Ulithi.