 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Nokubatanidzwa kweTexas muUnited States uye Hondo yeMexico neAmerica muna 1846, makambani anoverengeka evarwi akaunganidzwa mubasa rehurumende uye akazviratidza muhondo dzePalo Alto neResaca de la Palma. Kubvira panguva iyoyo zvichienda mberi, kubudirira kwavo sevarwi vehondo yevagandanga uye vatungamiriri veuto rehurumende munharaunda yavainyatsoziva kwakaratidza kufambira mberi kwehondo dzeAmerica. Vafudzi vakaita basa rinokosha muhondo dzeMonterrey neBuena Vista. Mauto, aitungamirirwa naGeneral Winfield Scott, akasvika muVeracruz muna Kurume 1847, uye maRanger zvakare akapa rutsigiro rwakakosha pakukombwa kweVeracruz uye muhondo dzeCerro Gordo neChapultepec. Vaivawo nomutoro wokukundwa kwevapanduki veMexico vakanga vakashinga avo vakanga vachikanganisa kufambira mberi kwemauto ehurumende, izvo vakakwanisa kuita nenzira youtsinye uye inobudirira. Panguva iyoyo, maRanger akanga azviwanira mukurumbira wakakura uyo wakaswedera pedyo nengano pakati pevaMexico, uye apo makambani eRanger akapinda ndokugara muMexico City neU.S. Army muna September 1847, los Diablos Tejanos Texas Devils vakagamuchirwa nekuremekedza uye kutya. Basa ravo muHondo yeMexico neAmerica rakaitawo kuti vave nomukurumbira munyika yose muUnited States uye nhau dzezviito zvavo, mumapepanhau epanguva iyoyo yakava yakajairika, zvichinyatsogadza Rangers sechikamu chevanhu vekuAmerica. Seizvo Victoria Advocate yakashuma muchinyorwa chaNovember 16, 1848: 