It took place from 12–14 September 1942, on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands, and was the second of three separate major Japanese ground offensives during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
Bitka se odigrala od 12. do 14. rujna 1942. godine, na otoku Guadalcanalu na Salomonskim Otocima, i bio je to drugi od tri posebna velika japanska kopnena napada tijekom Guadalcanalske kampanje.