wuxuu ku qasbanaaday in uu dib ugu laabto Norfolk, Virginia, si uu u sameeyo dayactir, wuxuuna weli ku sugnaa halkaas markii ay ciidamada badda iyo kuwa cirka ee Veracruz
uu dhacay. Markii uu ku soo laabtay Maraykanka, madaxda sare ayaa fursad u helay in ay ugu dambeyntii ku amraan in uu bedelo Commodore Conner oo ah taliyaha ciidamada badda. Perry wuxuu dib ugu soo laabtay ciidanka, markabkiisana wuxuu ka taageeray hareeraha Veracruz badda. Ka dib markii ay ku dhacday Veracruz, Winfield Scott wuxuu u dhaqaaqay gudaha, Perry wuxuu u dhaqaaqay magaalooyinka dekedaha Mexico ee haray. Perry wuxuu soo ururiyey Maraakiibta Mosquito wuxuuna qabsaday Tuxpan bishii Abriil 1847. Bishii Luulyo 1847 wuxuu si shaqsi ah u weeraray Tabasco, isagoo hogaaminaya ciidan 1,173 nin ah oo ka soo degaya xeebta wuxuuna weeraray magaalada San Juan Bautista isagoo ka soo degaya dhulka, isagoo ka adkaaday ciidamada Mexico wuxuuna qabsaday magaalada.