<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Wathunyelwa eTexas, wathatha umyalo webutho lezikhali elaliholwa nguye ezimpini zasePalo Alto naseResaca de la Palma. Wathola isikhundla sokuba u-colonel ngenxa yalezi zimpi ezimbili. Empini yaseMonterrey, uGeneral William J. Worth wabeka uChilds ukuba abe ngumholi wekholomu ehlaselayo eyayakhiwa amasosha ahamba ngezinyawo nezikhali. Wahlasela ngempumelelo isigodlo sikaMbhishobhi entshonalanga yedolobha. Wathuthelwa ebuthweni likaWinfield Scott kanye nalo lonke iqembu futhi wayeyinhloko yezikhulu zikaWorth ngesikhathi sokuvinjezelwa kweVeracruz  <response>: . futhi. Ngemuva kweMpi yaseCerro Gordo uJenene Scott wamisa uChilds njengombusi wezempi waseJalapa kwathi lapho uScott esethuthele esigodini saseMexico uChilds wabe esebekwa njengombusi wezempi wasePuebla. Wayebambe lesi sikhundla ngesikhathi sempi yaseMexico City. Ngosuku olwandulela ukuzinikela kweMexico City, ibutho likaChilds ePuebla lavinjezelwa. Ngesikhathi sokuvinjezelwa kwePuebla Childs wenqaba kaningi ukuzinikela futhi wakwazi ukuphikisa ngempumelelo ukuhlaselwa kweMexico kwaze kwafika ibutho losizo ngaphansi kukaGeneral Joseph Lane futhi lahlula abavimbezeli. Ngenxa yokuvikela kwakhe idolobha, uChilds wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ujenene webutho. 