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with Pico and a few supporters on August 11, while the rest of his force retired to
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planned resistance in the south around the Los
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United States Marine Corps in the 18th and 19th centuries
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864:(1816â1898), physician during the battle
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718:on July 15 and took over command from
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856:Battles of the MexicanâAmerican War
712:arrived at Monterey Bay aboard the
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825:to Commodore Stockton for help.
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1003:1846 in Alta California
881:. New York: Macmillan.
803:Archibald H. Gillespie
748:Samuel Francis Du Pont
587:Pacific Coast Campaign
203:Conquest of California
115:Archibald H. Gillespie
109:Commanders and leaders
38:Conquest of California
1038:September 1846 events
862:John Strother Griffin
846:Pueblo de Los Ăngeles
686:United States Marines
682:Pueblo de Los Ăngeles
624:2nd San Jose del Cabo
619:1st San Jose del Cabo
498:Santa Cruz de Rosales
156:Casualties and losses
55:September 22â30, 1846
21:Battle of Los Angeles
963:on December 5, 2003.
877:Bauer, K.J. (1974).
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674:siege of Los Angeles
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31:Siege of Los Angeles
420:New Mexico Campaign
372:California Campaign
956:California History
930:Legends of America
914:. January 9, 1847.
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817:, organized under
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815:Californios
740:Santa Clara
688:during the
661:2nd Tabasco
656:1st Tabasco
580:Zacualtipan
550:Mexico City
545:Chapultepec
525:Cerro Gordo
488:Buena Vista
451:Embudo Pass
404:San Pasqual
384:Los Angeles
271:Santa Clara
266:San Pasqual
246:Los Angeles
231:Yerba Buena
145:48 soldiers
134:Andrés Pico
67:Los Angeles
40:during the
992:Categories
935:August 31,
888:0803261071
869:References
797:Resistance
774:Occupation
696:Background
651:3rd Tuxpan
646:2nd Tuxpan
641:1st Tuxpan
614:2nd La Paz
609:1st La Paz
535:Churubusco
436:El Brazito
355:Fort Texas
979:ignored (
969:cite book
762:San Pedro
758:San Diego
726:, as the
570:Matamoros
560:Huamantla
530:Contreras
483:Monterrey
399:Natividad
360:Palo Alto
261:Natividad
236:San Diego
860:Captain
840:See also
831:Vandalia
767:Congress
715:Congress
706:PĂo Pico
456:2nd Mora
446:1st Mora
426:Santa Fe
379:Monterey
226:Monterey
221:OlĂłmpali
140:Strength
62:Location
684:by the
678:Mexican
594:Guaymas
565:Atlixco
414:La Mesa
281:La Mesa
150:militia
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784:Sonora
742:, and
732:Sonoma
599:Mulegé
555:Puebla
515:Polkos
441:Cañada
431:Tucson
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103:Mexico
82:Result
75:Mexico
809:Siege
753:Cyane
389:Chino
251:Chino
981:help
937:2014
883:ISBN
672:The
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