<prompt> Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Maererano nomunyori woupenyu John Eisenhower, kupinda muMexico kupfurikidza neVeracruz kwakanga kuri kusvikira panguva iyoyo nhume huru zvikurusa dzomumvura nomugungwa munhau yavanhu. Basa racho rakatanga musi waMarch 9, 1847 neKukombwa kweVeracruz  <response>: , basa rakabatana rehondo nehondo rinotungamirirwa naScott naCommodore David Conner. Pashure pokumhara zvakanaka uto rake ravarume 12 000, Scott akakomberedza Veracruz ndokutanga kuribhomba; boka ravarwi veMexico rakazvipa musi waMarch 27. Achitsvaka kudzivisa kumuka kukuru mukurwisana nokupinda kweAmerica, Scott akaisa pakutanga kuwana batira pamwe yeChechi yeKaturike. Pakati pedzimwe nhano dzakagadzirirwa kuratidzira ruremekedzo nokuda kwepfuma yechechi navakuru vakuru, akarayira varume vake kukwazisa vaprista veKaturike mumigwagwa yeVeracruz. Pashure pokuwana zvinhu uye ngoro, uto raScott rakatanga kufamba rakananga kuXalapa, guta raiva munzira yokuMexico City. Munguvayo, Polk akatuma Nicholas Trist, munyori mukuru womunyori wehurumende James Buchanan, kundokurukura chibvumirano chorugare navatungamiriri veMexico. Kunyange zvazvo pakutanga vakanga vasingawirirani, Scott naTrist vakazova noukama hwakasimba. 