Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - E mechara kenye ya n'ụgbọ mmiri ahụ, Balch jere ozi n'ime ya n'oge agha na Mexico. O sonyere na mwakpo nke August 1846 na Alvarado, ebe mmiri siri ike na osimiri gbochiri ụgbọ mmiri nke ụgbọ mmiri ahụ ịbanye, na ịga nke ọma nke 9 March 1847 nke ndị agha General Winfield Scott na Vera Cruz
Ọ dị mma. N'oge agha nke ikpeazụ a, Balch rụrụ ọrụ dịka onye isi na-arụ ọrụ nke schooner e jidere.