Ia tusi se faaauauina o lenei palakalafa - Ina ua mavae Monterrey, na suia ai le 5th ma isi vaega masani i lalo o le faatonuga a Taylor i tagata tauofo. Na toe foʻi i latou i Texas e auai i le vaega a Major General Winfield Scott i le faigāmalaga i Veracruz
. Na toe faapotopoto faatasi le vaega atoa, e ui lava na vavaeeseina ni vaega se lua a o savavali atu i le Aai o Mekisikō ma faaalu lo latou taimi e puipuia ai nofoaafi o loo iai meaʻai mai osofaʻiga a le ʻautau faatupu vevesi. O loo iai pea i le vaega a Worth, ae na puʻea Perote e le 5th i le aso 22 Aperila, 1847.