Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Amurkawa na tagulla 6-pounder filin ya ga aikin a yakin Palo Alto
a ranar 8 ga Mayu 1846 a lokacin Yakin Mexico-Amurka. Janar Zachary Taylor ya jagoranci rundunar sojojin 2,228 wanda ya hada da manyan bindigogi guda biyu da bindigogi guda biyu a karkashin Major Samuel Ringgold da Kyaftin James Duncan. Janar Mariano Arista ya yi adawa da su tare da jami'ai 365, 3,461 da kuma fayil, takwas 4-pounder da biyu 8-pounder cannons. Ayyukan ya zama babban yakin basasa inda bindigogi na Amurka suka kasance mafi girma. Asarar Amurkawa sun kasance biyar da aka kashe, 43 da suka ji rauni, kuma biyu sun ɓace. Duk da haka, 10 sun mutu daga raunuka, ciki har da Ringgold wanda aka buga a cikin gwiwoyi biyu ta hanyar harbi na 4-pounder. Arista ya yarda da cewa ya rasa 252 da aka kashe, amma ya rubuta kawai 102 da aka kashe a cikin rahotonsa na hukuma. Washegari, sojojin Mexico sun janye zuwa matsayi na biyu amma an ci su a wannan rana a yakin Resaca de la Palma.