Naval Operations in the Campaign for Guadalcanal

The salient events of the campaign for Guadalcanal were originally dealt with in two Battle Summaries issued in 1944, viz : B.S. No. 21 “ Naval Operations a t the Landings in the Southern Solomons, 7th-10th August, 1942,’’ and B.S. No. 23 " Naval Operations of the Campaign for Guadalcanal, August, 1942-Februarv, 1943.”
When these two Battle Summaries were written the general trend of the operations could be followed, but much was still in doubt as to matters of detail, particularly as regards enemy forces taking p a rt in night actions, and the losses and damage suffered by them.