<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Eminyakeni eyishumi kamuva, eMpini yaseMexico naseMelika 1846-1848, amasosha asemanzini ahlasela iChapultepec Palace, eyayibheke eMexico City, okwakuwumsebenzi wawo wokuqala omkhulu wokuhambela amazwe. Njengoba ukuhambela eMexico City kwakuyoba umsebenzi omude futhi mhlawumbe ongenakwenzeka, ibutho elihlangene elalinamasosha asemanzini angaba ngu-200 ngaphansi kukaMajor General Winfield Scott lenza umzamo  <response>: ukufika eningizimu yeVeracruz ngoMashi 9, 1847 futhi bathatha idolobha ngoMashi 29. Ukusuka lapho, balwa baze bafika eMexico City futhi baqala ukuhlasela kwabo ngoSeptemba 13. Amabutho asemanzini anikezwa umsebenzi wokususa iChapultepec Castle, iHholo likaMontezuma, lapho asusa khona imibala yaseMexico futhi akhuphula ifulege lase-United States. Izinga eliphakeme lokufa phakathi kwamagosa kanye namaphoyisa alinganisiwe likhunjulwa ngemichilo yegazi yengubo yomfaniswano, kanye nomugqa othi Kusuka emaHholo kaMontezuma kuNgoma YamaMarine. Kamuva amabutho asemanzini abekwa emsebenzini wokuqapha esigodlweni futhi uKaputeni uJacob Zeilin, owayesezoba uMkhuzi, wenziwa umbusi wezempi. AmaMarine nawo asebenza njengengxenye yokuvinjelwa kweMpi yaseMexico okuvimbele ngempumelelo izikhali nezinhlamvu zaphesheya kwezilwandle ukuthi zifinyelele emabuthweni aseMexico, futhi njengengxenye yeCalifornia Battalion ngaphansi kukaMajor Archibald H. Gillespie; ukubandakanyeka kufaka phakathi izimpi zaseMonterey, eLos Angeles, eDominguez Rancho, eSan Pasqual, eRio San Gabriel, eLa Mesa, nase-2nd Tabasco. Ezinye izimpi zazihlanganisa i-1st, 2nd, 3rd Tuxpan, ukuthatha iLa Paz, ukuvikela iLa Paz, iMulege, nokuthatha nokuvikela iSan José del Cabo. 