<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Wabhalisa eButhweni Lokuqala Labasebuthweni Lamasosha elinesikhundla sokuba uLieutenant wesibili ngo-October 5, 1846. Wathuthelwa eqenjini elisha laseMelika i-3rd U.S. Dragoons ngo-Ephreli 9, 1847. Walwa eMpini yaseMexico naseMelika futhi wahlonishwa ngeqhawe ngesikhathi sezimpi zaseChurubusco  <response>: neMolino del Rey. Esenzakalweni sakamuva uThorn kanye namanye amaphoyisa amaningi azinikela ngokuzithandela ukuba ahambe futhi asebenze njengethimba lezingxenye zezikhali ngaphansi komyalo kaKaputeni uSimon H. Drum owaba nomthelela onqumayo empini. Wakhushulwa waba ngukaputeni ngo-September 8, 1847 ngenxa yalesi senzo. 