<prompt> Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Akatumirwa kuTexas, akatora mutungamiriri webato rezvombo zvemauto raakatungamirira muhondo dzePalo Alto neResaca de la Palma. Akagamuchira chinzvimbo chokuva mukuru wemauto nokuda kwehondo mbiri idzi. Muhondo yeMonterrey, General William J. Worth akaita kuti Childs atungamirire boka rairwisa raiumbwa nevarwi vaifamba netsoka uye vapfuri. Akabudirira kurwisa Musasa waBhishopi kumugumo wokumadokero kweguta. Akachinjirwa kuhondo yaWinfield Scott pamwe chete nedzimwe nhengo dzechikamu uye akanga ari mukuru-wevashandi vaWorth panguva yeKukombwa kweVeracruz  <response>: . Pashure peHondo yeCerro Gordo General Scott akagadza Childs gavhuna wehondo weJalapa uye Scott paakangoenda kuMupata weMexico Childs akabva agadzwa gavhuna wehondo wePuebla. Akabata chinzvimbo ichi panguva yehondo dzeMexico City. Zuva rakasati rapfuura guta reMexico City rakatera, nhare yaChilds paPuebla yakakomberedzwa. Munguva yakatevera yekukombwa kwePuebla Childs akaramba kakawanda kuzvipira uye akakwanisa kubudirira kudzosera kurwiswa kweMexico kusvikira simba rekununura riri pasi paGeneral Joseph Lane rasvika ndokukunda vanokomba. Nokuda kwokudzivirira kwake guta racho Childs akasimudzirwa kuva brigadier general. 