<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-March 1847, uMongameli wase-U.S. uJames K. Polk wathumela ibutho lamasosha e-U.S. Army angu-12.000 ayevolontiya nalawo avamile ngaphansi kukaJenene Winfield Scott ethekwini laseVeracruz. Imikhumbi engu-70 yamabutho ahlaselayo yafika edolobheni ngoMashi 7 futhi yaqala ukudubula kwasolwandle. Ngemva kokwehlisa amadoda akhe, amahhashi nezimpahla, uScott waqala ukuvimbezela iVeracruz  <response>: . futhi. 