 Yamaya complied and left westward only to receive further orders a few days later, stating that he was to return and land a permanent occupying force on Jaluit.On October 3, a permanent landing party of three officers and one hundred enlisted men was put ashore.Concurrently, a second naval squadron had been formed at the request of the British government, which had requested to have a battlegroup sent to Australia in order to protect troop transports carrying ANZAC contingents on their journey to the Middle East.