<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UJohnston wayeshiseka ngokuqubuka kweMpi YaseMexico NamaMelika. Wakhonza esikhungweni sika-Lt. Gen. Winfield Scott e-  <response>: Ukuvinjezelwa kweVeracruz, okhethwe nguScott ukuba abe yisikhulu esiphethe isicelo sokuzinikela kusengaphambili kumbusi wesifundazwe. Wayeseqenjini eliphambili lokunyakaza ngaphakathi ezweni ngaphansi kukaBrig. Gen. UDavid E. Twiggs futhi walimala kakhulu ngokudutshulwa okwenziwa ukuhlola ngaphambi kweMpi yaseCerro Gordo. Wabe esebekwa esikhundleni sokuba u-lieutenant colonel ngenxa yezenzo zakhe eCerro Gordo. Ngemva kokululama esibhedlela, waphindela ebuthweni lasePuebla. Phakathi nokuqhubekela phambili eMexico City, wayengumholi wesibili we-U.S. Regiment of Voltigeurs, iqembu elalakhiwa amabutho ahamba kancane noma ama-skirmishers. Wazibonakalisa eContreras naseChurubusco, walimala futhi eChapultepec, futhi wathola ukukhushulwa okubili kokugcina, waphetha impi njengekholonili lamavolontiya. Ngemuva kokuphela kwezimpi, wabuyela esikhundleni sakhe sokuthula sokuba ngukaputeni onjiniyela bezindawo. UWinfield Scott waphawula ngokuhlekisa ukuthi uJohnston uyisosha elikhulu, kodwa wayenekhono elidabukisayo lokuzibulala cishe kuzo zonke izingxabano. Usizi olukhulu lukaJohnston phakathi nempi kwakuwukufa komshana wakhe, uPreston Johnston. Lapho uRobert E. Lee etshela uJohnston ukuthi uPreston wayebulewe yi-artillery shell yaseMexico eContreras, womabili la maphoyisa akhala, futhi uJohnston wadabuka ukuphila kwakhe konke. 