Ka kammala wannan magana: A watan Maris na shekara ta 1847, Shugaban ƙasar Amirka James K. Polk ya tura rundunar sojoji 12,000 da suka ba da kansu da kuma sojoji na yau da kullum a ƙarƙashin Janar Winfield Scott zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa na Veracruz. Jiragen ruwa 70 na sojojin mamaye sun isa garin a ranar 7 ga Maris kuma suka fara harin jirgin ruwa. Bayan ya sauko da mutanensa, dawakai, da kayayyaki, Scott ya fara
Kewaye da Veracruz.