<prompt> Feleletša polelo ye e latelago: Ka August 1845, Magruder o ile a ithapela go abelwa go ya Corpus Christi, Texas, go ya go tlatša madira a General Zachary Taylor moo, a thopa repaboliki ya pele; U.S. e be e le kgaufsi le go lwa le Mexico ka taba ya go akaretšwa ga naga. Ka morago ga ge dintwa di thomile ka April 25, 1846, Magruder o ile a bona ntwa la mathomo kua  <response>: Ntwa ya Palo Alto, ka morago ga matšatši a 14. Ka April 18, 1847, Magruder o ile a hlankela ka phišego le bokgoni lesolong la General Winfield Scott, a le ka tlase ga mollo o mogolo gomme a retološetša madira a Mexico go bona kua Cerro Gordo, moo a ilego a retwa ke balaodi ba gagwe gomme a hlatlošwa go ba molaodi. Ka September 12, madira a U.S. a ile a thoma go hlasela Chapultepec, e le e nngwe ya ditlhaselo tše mmalwa Ntweng ya Mexico City. Magruder - yo a gobetšego ganyenyane - o ile a laela gore go thuntšhwe la mathomo mesong e sa le mesong ka la 13 gomme a tšwela pele go ba rakediša, go sa šetšwe palo e kgolo ya ma-Mexico, gore ba thope Anzures, Veronica le Belen, e lego lefelo la go kopana la ditsela leo le bego le tla thibela maiteko a General Santa Anna a go imolla mošate. 