<prompt> Tlatša polelo ye e latelago:  <response>: Ntwa ya Veracruz e thomile ka March 22, 1847. Letšatšing la pele ga moo, sehlopha sa madira seo Potomac e bego e abetšwe go sona se be se fetotšwe go ba ka tlase ga taolo ya Commodore Matthew Perry. Ka March 23, Perry o ile a laela dihlopha tše mmalwa tša dikepe gore di ye lebopong go hloma dibeteri tša lebopong. Parker o ile a abelwa go ya lebopong la ka lewatleng go tšwa Potomac le dibeteri ka moka ka tlase ga taolo ya kakaretšo ya Mokapotene Alexander Slidell Mackenzie. Mohlankedi wa tša bohlabani yo a bego a kgokaganya Battery ya Lebopong la Lewatle e be e le Mokapotene Robert E. Lee. 