<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Izimpi phakathi kwamabutho ase-U.S. nawaseMexico zaqala ngo-April 25, 1846 lapho amabutho aseMexico ebulala futhi ethumba inqwaba yamabutho ase-U.S. Army esifundazweni esizayo saseTexas. Umkhandlu  <response>: Impi yasePalo Alto, impi yokuqala enkulu yempi yaseMexico naseMelika, yalwa ngoMeyi 8, 1846, amakhilomitha ambalwa ukusuka edolobheni lanamuhla laseBrownsville, eTexas. Ibutho lamasosha aseMexico angaba ngu - 3 400 ingxenye yeButho LaseNyakatho elaliholwa uJenene waseMexico uMariano Arista labhekana nebutho lamasosha ase - United States angu - 2 400 elaliholwa uJenene Zachary Taylor. Amabutho kaTaylor axosha abaseMexico enkundleni yempi. I-United States Congress yasabela kulezi zimo ngokukhishwa kwesimemezelo sempi ngokumelene neMexico ngoMeyi 13, 1846 - iMpi yaseMexico naseMelika yayisiqalile. 