<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-1841, uScott waba uMkhuzi Omkhulu Wezempi Zase-United States, wanqoba imbangi yakhe u-Edmund P. Gaines kulesi sikhundla. Ngemva kokuqubuka kweMpi yaseMexico naseMelika ngo-1846, uScott wancishiselwa esikhundleni sokuphatha, kodwa ngo-1847 wahola umkhankaso wokulwa nenhloko-dolobha yaseMexico iMexico City. Ngemuva kokubamba  <response>: edolobheni eliyitheku laseVeracruz, wanqoba amabutho kaJenene waseMexico u-Antonio López de Santa Anna eMpini yaseCerro Gordo, eContreras, naseChurubusco. Wabe esebamba iDolobha laseMexico, ngemva kwalokho walondoloza ukuhleleka enhlokodolobha yaseMexico futhi wasiza ngokungaqondile isithunywa uNicholas Trist ukuba sixoxisane ngeSivumelwano SaseGuadalupe Hidalgo, esaqeda impi. 