<prompt> Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Maererano nomunyori wenhoroondo youpenyu John Eisenhower, kupinda muMexico nomuguta reVeracruz kwaiva kusvika panguva iyoyo kwaiva kuedza kukuru kupfuura kwose kwakaitwa nevanhu. Basa racho rakatanga musi waMarch 9, 1847 ne  <response>: Kurwiswa kweVeracruz, 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. 