<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Izibhamu zaseMelika zethusi ezingama-6-pounder zabona isenzo eMpini yasePalo Alto  <response>: ngo - May 8, 1846 phakathi neMpi YaseMexico neMelika. Ujenene uZachary Taylor wahola ibutho elinabantu abangu-2 228 elalihlanganisa izibhamu ezimbili ezinzima ezingamakhilogremu angu-18 kanye namabhethri amabili akhanyayo anezibhamu ezine ngaphansi kukaMajor Samuel Ringgold noKaputeni uJames Duncan. Aphikiswa uJenene Mariano Arista enezikhulu ezingama-365, ama-rank and file angama-3,461, izibhamu eziyisishiyagalombili ezinamakhilogremu amane kanye nezibhamu ezimbili ezinamakhilogremu ayisishiyagalombili. Lesi senzo saphenduka impi yezikhali lapho izibhamu zaseMelika zabonakala ziphakeme. Ukufa kwabantu baseMelika kwakungabantu abahlanu ababulewe, abangu-43 abalimele, nabangu-2 abalahlekile. Nokho, ngokushesha kwashona abanye abayishumi ngenxa yezilonda zabo, kuhlanganise noRinggold owashaywa emadolweni womabili ngesibhamu esingamakhilogremu amane. U-Arista wavuma ngomlomo ukuthi wabulala abantu abangu-252, kodwa wabhala abangu-102 kuphela embikweni wakhe osemthethweni. Ngakusasa ekuseni, ibutho laseMexico lahoxa endaweni yesibili kodwa lanqotshwa ngalolo suku eMpini yaseResaca de la Palma. 