Siege of Los Angeles
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The siege of Los Angeles, was a military response by armed Mexican civilians to the August 1846 occupation of the Pueblo de Los Ángeles by the United States Marines during the Mexican–American War.
American forces retreating to San Pedro following their defeat in the Siege of Los Angeles
Battle of Dominguez Rancho
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The Battle of Dominguez Rancho, or the Battle of the Old Woman's Gun, was a military engagement of the Mexican–American War that took place on October 8–9, 1846, within Manuel Dominguez's 75,000-acre
The Retreat of the Americans can be seen in "Battle of Dominguez Rancho" as depicted by William H. Meyers in Naval Sketches of the War in California, published in 1939 (the "Old Woman's Gun" can be seen on the right side of the painting)