Following the landing Self_motion at Scarlet Beach , the Allies set about Placing moving Motion south to secure Finschhafen , which saw fighting Hostile_encounter around Jivevaneng also .

In mid-October , the Japanese launched a counterattack Attack against the Australian beachhead around Scarlet Beach , which lasted for about a week and resulted in Causation a small contraction of the Australian lines and a splitting of their force before it was defeated Conquering .