 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 Huon Peninsula campaign, taking part in significant actions around Sattelberg and Wareo as the Australians advanced inland. Early in 1944, the battalion took part in the 