<prompt> Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1846, Shields akaenda kuhondo namapoka maviri pasi pake. Muna February 1847, apo Tampico yakasiyiwa, varume vake vakatora guta racho. Akatungamirira 3rd Brigade, Volunteer Division, muhondo dzeVera Cruz  <response>: uye Cerro Gordo, uko akakuvadzwa zvakakomba neshamhu, uye akapedza mavhiki mapfumbamwe achirapwa. Akadzokera kunorwa muzuva rimwe chete, muhondo dzose dziri mbiri dzeContreras neChurubusco. Murairo wake zuva iroro wakashorwa navamwe sokusachenjera, uye wakarumbidzwa savane unyanzvi navamwe. Aida vashandi kuti akunde muvengi aiva nesimba, asi boka rake rakatora vasungwa vanopfuura 800. 