 Complete the following phrase:  Lae fell in mid-September, more quickly than the Allies had expected, as troops from the 7th Division entered the town from the west, but a large part of the Japanese garrison managed to escape inland towards the Huon Peninsula. Shortly afterwards, the 223rd took part in a second amphibious landing north of Finschhafen, at a beach designated Scarlet Beach by the Allies. Between 22 September and 9 December, the 223rd took part in the 