Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te 7 o Poutu-te-rangi 1847, i whakatūria e te Commodore David Conner rāua ko General Winfield Scott tētahi whakamōhiotanga o Veracruz i "Petrita". I rere tata ia ki te Castle o San Juan de Ulúa, a, i werohia e te pupuhi, engari kaore i pakaru. Ko te whakapae o Veracruz
i tīmata i ngā rā e rua i muri mai.