<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Impi yaseVeracruz  <response>: lwaqala ngo-March 22, 1847. Ngosuku olwandulela lolu, isikhali esibizwa ngokuthi iPotomac sabelwa ukuba siqondiswe uCommodore Matthew Perry. Ngo-March 23, uPerry wayala amayunithi amaningana asolwandle ukuba afike ogwini ukuze amise amabhethri asogwini. UParker wabelwa ibhethri elisogwini lisuka ePotomac nawo wonke amabhethri ngaphansi komyalo jikelele kaKaputeni Alexander Slidell Mackenzie. Isikhulu esixhumanisa iButho neNaval Shore Battery kwakunguKaputeni uRobert E. Lee. 