Sieze occupy and defend Veracruz, advance on Mexico City and the war is ended.
2nd answer:
Well, maybe not quite that easy, but yes. Winfield's tactics were
to very carefully scout out the locations of Santa Ana's forces, then trying to sneak his army around them, and attacking from the rear.
A certain Captain Robert E. Lee was his most important scout and strategist. Winfield's biggest frustration was those of his generals who ignored the above tactics, and went charging right into the enemy guns, which Santa Ana had carefully set up to fire on all roads leading to his army.
the answer is the anaconda plan
American General Winfield Scott (1786-1866)
Mexico City
Land his forces at Veracruz, sieze it and march to Mexico City.
For the US it was Winfield Scott. For Mexico it was Santa Anna.
Winfield Scott faced bitter resistance from the Mexican Army at Chapultepec, on the edge of Mexico City. General Scott stormed the fortress on September, 13, 1847, winning the last battle of the Mexican-American war. As an aside, Scott's brilliant operation to capture Mexico City was hailed by British heroes such as Wellington, as a extraordinary feat.
Land his forces at Veracruz, sieze it and march to Mexico City.
Land his forces at Veracruz, sieze it and march to Mexico City.
General Winfield Scott.
General Winfield Scott.
Land at Veracruz, march inland and take Mexico City by storm.
American General Winfield Scott (1786-1866)
General Winfield Scott.
Mexico City
Gen. Winfield Scott
It was general Winfield Scott, A U.S. Army general.
General Winfield Scott during the War with Mexico.
General Winfield Scott.