<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Phakathi neMpi yaseMonterrey ngo-September 21-24, 1846, ibhethri likaDuncan labelwa ibutho likaThomas Staniford esigabeni sikaWilliam J. Worth. UTaylor wahlasela idolobha esuka enyakatho, ngesikhathi ethuma amabutho kaWorth ukuba ahlasele esuka entshonalanga. Amabhethri kaDuncan noWilliam W. Mackall ayebandakanyeka ekuthatheni iBishops Palace ngoSepthemba 22. UDuncan waphakanyiselwa esikhundleni sokuba u-colonel ngenxa yokuziphatha ngesibindi nangokufaneleka eMonterrey. Ekuqaleni kukaJanuwari 1847, uTaylor wathola umyalo wokudlulisela amabutho kaWorth noTwiggs namabutho amabili, kuhlanganise nelikaDuncan, ebuthweni likaWinfield Scott. UDuncan walwa ngesikhathi  <response>: Ukuvinjezelwa kweVeracruz ngoMashi 9-29, 1847, eMpini yaseCerro Gordo ngo-Ephreli 17-18, nasempini e-Amazoque ngoMeyi 14. 