<prompt> Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Johnston aifarira zvikuru kutanga kweHondo yeMexico neAmerica. Akashanda muuto raLt. Gen. Winfield Scott muKukombwa kweVeracruz  <response>: , akasarudzwa naScott kuti ave mukuru anotakura chikumbiro chokuzviisa pamberi pomubati wenharaunda. Akanga ari pamberi peboka revanhu vakanga vaenda kunyika iri mukati pasi paBrig. Gen. David E. Twiggs uye akakuvadzwa zvakaipisisa nepfuti yemizambiringa achiongorora pamberi peHondo yeCerro Gordo. Akagadzwa kuva mutevedzeri womutungamiriri wehondo nokuda kwezviito zvake paCerro Gordo. Pashure pokupora muchipatara chomumunda, akapindazve muuto paPuebla. Mukati mokupfuurira kuenda kuMexico City, akanga ari wechipiri mukutonga kweU.S. Regiment of Voltigeurs, boka rakagadzirwa nevashandi vaduku kana kuti vanorwisana. Akazvizivisa paContreras neChurubusco, akakuvadzwa zvakare paChapultepec, uye akagamuchira kukwidziridzwa kwemaviri ekupedzisira maviri, achigumisa hondo semukuru wemauto ekuzvipira. Mushure mokuguma kwehondo, akadzokera kuchinzvimbo chake chenguva yorugare chomukuru mukuru muvanjiniya vepamusoro. Winfield Scott akataura achiseka kuti Johnston musoja mukuru, asi akanga ane unyanzvi husingafadzi hwokuzvigadzirira kupfurwa munenge muhondo dzose. Kutambudzika kukuru kwaJohnston mukati mehondo kwakanga kuri rufu rwomuzukuru wake, Preston Johnston. Apo Robert E. Lee akaudza Johnston kuti Preston akanga aurayiwa nehomwe yezvombo zveMexico paContreras, vakuru vakuru vose vakachema, uye Johnston akachema kwoupenyu hwake hwose. 