KW378950 After the Battle of Monterrey, Mexican General Pedro de Ampudia surrenders the city to American General Zachary Taylor during the Mexican-American War of 1846-48 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Battle of Monterrey (21-24 September, 1846); de Ampudia (1803-68), Northern army officer in Mexico and governor of the State of Nuevo Leon; Taylor (1784-1850), twelfth President of the United States and an American military leader; the Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846-48 in the wake of the 1845 annexation of Texas;); English, out of copyright.