<prompt> Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Musi waMarch 8, 1846, pashure pekuedza kwekupedzisira kumanikidza Mexico kuti igadzirise muganhu weTexas, Munyori weHondo William L. Marcy akarayira Brigadier General Zachary Taylor kuti aendese uto rake, raisanganisira uto raMay revadhiragoni, kuRio Grande. Taylor akananga kumhenderekedzo yokuchamhembe yorwizi rwacho, kwakanga kwakatarisana neguta reMatamoros rokuMexico, iro raiva pamhenderekedzo yokumaodzanyemba uye raiva nemigwagwa yaifambwa nevanhu vakawanda. Apo Taylor akaramba kusiya nharaunda yacho, vatasvi vemabhiza veMexico vakambomira chikwata chevadzvinyiriri vaitungamirirwa naKaputeni Seth B. Thornton musi waApril 25, 1846, izvo zvakatanga zvehondo zviri pamutemo. Musi waMay 8, 1846, mauto makuru maviri akasangana muHondo yePalo Alto  <response>: , apo chikwata chaMay chaichengetwa kuti chichengetedzwe uye chakarongedza kubhururuka kwevatasvi vasina kubudirira. 