Ameeriklased üritasid jaapanlasi kotti võtta ning hävitada, kuid jaapanlastel õnnestus rasketest kaotustest hoolimata ümberpiiramist vältida ning saare sisemaale taganeda. Jaapani positsioonide poole taganevad Shōji väed sattusid kokku pataljonisuuruse USA Marine Raidersipatrullüksusega, mis asus neid jälitama ning lõpuks alistas.
↑Frank, Guadalcanal, p. 423 says 3,500; Griffith, Battle for Guadalcanal, p. 216, says 2,500. The total number of Japanese troops on Guadalcanal at this time was around 20,000,
↑Estimate based by summing the number of troops from the four battalions involved, plus additional support troops. A battalion normally consisted of 500–1,000 troops but the U.S. Marine and Army battalions on Guadalcanal had, by this time, been reduced by combat casualties, tropical disease, and operational accidents. This number represents the actual number directly involved in the battle, not the total number of Allied troops on Guadalcanal, which numbered almost 25,000.
↑Griffith, Battle for Guadalcanal, p. 223; Miller, Guadalcanal, p. 200.
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