Tuhia he korero mo tenei pene - E ai ki te kaituhi o te koiora a John Eisenhower, ko te whakaekenga o Mexico ma Veracruz ko "tae noa ki taua wa ko te haerenga amphibious tino nui i roto i te hitori o te tangata". I timata te mahi i te Maehe 9, 1847 me te Siege o Veracruz
, he mahi tahi a te ope taua me te ope moana i arahina e Scott me te Commodore David Conner. I muri i te haumaru o tana ope 12,000-tangata, ka karapotia e Scott a Veracruz ka tiimata te pupuhi i a ia; I tukuna te hoia o Mexico i te Poutu-te-rangi 27. I a ia e whai ana kia kore e ara ake te mano ki te whakaekenga a Amerika, ka aro nui a Scott ki te whiwhi i te mahi tahi a te Hāhi Katorika. I roto i ētahi atu kaupapa i hangaia hei whakaatu i te whakaute ki ngā rawa o te hahi me ngā rangatira, i whakahau ia i ana tangata ki te oha ki ngā tohunga Katorika i runga i ngā huarahi o Veracruz. Whai muri i te whakarite i nga taonga me nga waka, ka tiimata te ope a Scott ki te haere ki Xalapa, he taone i te huarahi ki Mexico City. I taua wā, ka tonoa e Polk a Nicholas Trist, te kaitohutohu matua o te Hekeretari o te Kawanatanga o James Buchanan, ki te whakawhitiwhiti whakaaro mo te kirimana rangimarie me nga kaiarahi o Mexico. Ahakoa i te tīmatanga he riri a Scott rāua ko Trist, i te mutunga ka kaha te mahi tahi.