Битва при Ранчо Сан-Педро: Победа мексиканцев и калифорнийцев в войне с США

1847 battle of the Mexican American War
during the Mexican–American War
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| date = 8 October 9 October 1846
| place = Rancho San Pedro, Alta California(near modern day Compton and Rancho Dominguez, California, U. S.)
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| result = Mexican and Californio victory
Americans retreat to San Pedro Bay and flee to Monterey on the USS Savannah
Mexicans hold Pueblo de Los Angeles until Americans return in January 1847
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| commander1 = William Mervine
| commander2 = 🏴󠁵󠁳󠁴󠁸󠁿 Mexico José Antonio Carrillo🏴󠁵󠁳󠁴󠁸󠁿 Mexico José María Flores
| strength1 = Total: 379
285 U. S. Marines while under the command of US Navy Captain William Mervine, who was attempting to recapture the town after the Siege of Los Angeles. By strategically running horses across the dusty Dominguez Hills, while transporting their 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 the superior fighting skills displayed by the Californios, the remaining Marines were forced to retreat to their ships docked in San Pedro Bay.

After receiving word of the Siege of Los Angeles, Commodore Robert F. Stockton sent US Navy Captain William Mervine and the Savannah on October 4 to San Pedro to assist Capt. Archibald H. Gillespie. (Note: there is confusion about the exact dates of the events, with some sources believing them to be a day earlier.)

Having little knowledge of the enemy, Mervine's march was poorly planned. It began inauspiciously with the death by friendly fire of a cabin boy upon landing. ) Señora Reyes' four pounder was placed on the narrow trail that the Americans needed to use. Ropes (probably lassos or riatas) were lashed to the limber to pull the gun into the brush for reloading. The Californio horsemen deployed at a safe distance from the trail on the enemy's flanks.). Mervine's troops reboarded the Savannah, and after a few days, the warship sailed north toward Monterey. "The captured American flag" was later taken to Mexico City by Antonio Coronel, who had been in charge of ordnance during the battle. The fate of the old woman's gun is unclear. Some say it was surrendered to the Americans after the Capitulation of Cahuenga; however, another account tells that the cannon was resurrected by the Californio dons in 1853 for the celebration of the Fourth of July. According to the account of one Major Horace Bell, a Los Angeles Ranger, Juan Sepulveda dug up the gun from near his own property and took it to Dead Man's Island where he and his friends set it up near the graves of the Americans and fired a salute "in the exuberance of his patriotism." It is possible that the famous gun was displayed at the New Orleans Exposition of 1884 85 in the Navy Exhibit.