 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1846 chikwata chaBlakes, pakutanga chakarayirwa naDavid E. Twiggs, chakapinda muHondo yeMexico Cityvachitungamirirwa naEdwin Vose Sumner. Akabatanidzwa muBrigade yeDragons pasi paColonel William S. Harney, regiment uye Captain Blake vakapinda muhondo dzeCerro Gordo, Puebla, Contreras, Molino del Rey, Chapultepec uye Hondo yeMexico City. Pakupera kwehondo Blake, akarumbidzwa zvikuru nevakuru vake, akagamuchira kukwidziridzwa kwepa brevet kusvika kuMajor nokuda kwe kuzvibata kwakashinga uye kwakakodzera munyaya yeSt. Augustine, Mexico, August 17, 1847. 