Dee ihe ndị ọzọ dị na paragraf a - Ọ ghaghị ịlaghachi Norfolk, Virginia, ịrụzi ya, ọ ka nọkwa ebe ahụ mgbe ụgbọ amphibious kwụsịrị na Veracruz
mere. Nlaghachi ya na US nyere ndị isi ya ohere inye ya iwu ka ọ nọchie Commodore Conner n'ọchịchị nke Home Squadron. Perry laghachiri n'ụgbọ mmiri ahụ, ụgbọ ya wee kwado nnọchibido nke Veracruz site n'oké osimiri. Mgbe ọdịda nke Veracruz gasịrị, Winfield Scott kwagara n'ime ala, Perry kwagara megide obodo ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri ndị Mexico fọdụrụnụ. Perry chịkọtara ụgbọ mmiri Mosquito ma jide Tuxpan n'April 1847. Na July 1847 ọ wakporo Tabasco n'onwe ya, na-eduga ndị agha 1,173 na-arịgo n'ikpere mmiri ma na-awakpo obodo San Juan Bautista site n'ala, na-emeri ndị agha Mexico ma weghara obodo ahụ.