Buuxi weedha soo socota: Ciidankii Scott waxay gaareen dooxada Mexico bishii August 1847, waqtigaas oo Santa Anna ay sameysteen ciidan gaaraya ilaa 25,000 oo nin. Sababtoo ah Mexico City waxay la'ayd derbiyo waxayna ahayd mid aan la difaaci karin, Santa Anna waxay dooneysay inay Scott ku garaacdo dagaal toos ah, iyagoo doortay inay difaac ku sameeyaan Webiga Churubusco, oo dhowr mayl koonfurta ka xiga magaalada. Dagaalkii Contreras wuxuu bilaabmay galabnimadii Ogosto 19, markii ciidanka Mexico ee uu hoggaaminayay General Gabriel Valencia ay weerareen oo ay dib u riixeen koox Mareykan ah oo loo xilsaaray dhismaha waddo. Subaxnimadii hore ee maalintii xigtay, ciidamada Mareykanka ee uu hoggaaminayay Janaraal Persifor Frazer Smith ayaa la yaabay oo baabi'iyey ciidankii Valencia. Warka ku saabsan guuldarada Contreras ayaa cabsi ku abuurtay ciidankii Santa Anna, isla markiiba Scott wuxuu bilaabay weerarka, isagoo bilaabay dagaalka.
Dagaalkii Churubusco. Inkastoo difaaca adag ee ay sameeyeen Saint Patrick's Battalion iyo cutubyo kale, ciidanka Scott ayaa si dhakhso leh u jabiyay ciidanka Mexico ee niyad jabsan. Dagaalka kadib, Santa Anna wuxuu heshiis xabad joojin ah la galay Scott, wasiirka arrimaha dibada ee Mexico wuxuu Trist u sheegay inay diyaar u yihiin inay bilaabaan wadahadal si loo soo afjaro dagaalka.