Battle of Dominguez Rancho

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Battle of Dominguez Rancho
Part of Mexican-American War
Date 7-9 October 1846 Location Dominguez Hills, California Result Mexican Victory
Combatants
Californios	United States Marines
Commanders
Californio Army Captain Jose Antonio Carrillo	U.S. Navy Captain William Mervine
Casualties
None	14 Killed

Mexican–American War
Fort Texas – Palo Alto – Resaca de la Palma – Cañoncito – Santa Fe – Monterrey – 1st Tabasco – San Pasqual – El Brazito – Rio San Gabriel – La Mesa – Cañada – Mora – Embudo Pass – Pueblo de Taos – Buena Vista – Sacramento – Veracruz – Cerro Gordo – Tuxpan – 2nd Tabasco – Contreras – Churubusco – Molino del Rey – Chapultepec – Mexico City – Huamantla – Puebla

The Battle of Dominguez Rancho (October 7-9 1846) was a military engagement of the Mexican-American War. The battle took place within Manuel Dominguez's 75,000 acre Rancho San Pedro.

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Captain José Antonio Carrillo, leading fifty Californio Lancer troops, successfully held off an invasion of Pueblo de Los Angeles by 203 United States Marines, under the command of US Navy Captain William Mervine, who was attempting to recapture the town after the Siege of Los Angeles. During the battle, fourteen US Marines were killed. The Californios suffered no casualties.

By strategically running horses across the dusty Dominguez hills in the area now known as Carson, transporting a single small cannon to various sites, Carrillo and his troops convinced the Americans they had encountered a large enemy force. Faced with heavy casualties and superior horsemanship fighting skills displayed by the "Lancers", the remaining 189 Marines were forced to retreat to San Pedro Bay.