<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pakupedzisira akagoverwa kuigwa, Balch akabatira mukati maro mukati mehondo neMexico. Akatora rutivi mukurwisa kwakakundikana kwaAugust 1846 paAlvarado, apo mafashamo akasimba murwizi akadzivisa zvikepe zve flotilla kubva pakumhara, uye mukubudirira kwaMarch 9, 1847 kumhara kweuto raGeneral Winfield Scott pa  <response>: Vera Cruz. Munguva yokurwisa kwokupedzisira, Balch akashanda somutungamiri webasa rechiteshi chakabatwa. 