The Battle of Dominguez Rancho or The Battle of the Old Woman's Gun or The Battle of Dominguez Hills was a military engagement of the Mexican–American War. The skirmish took place within Manuel Dominguez's 75,000-acre Rancho San Pedro.
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. Arriving on October 7, Mervine set out on October 8 with sailors, marines and bear flaggers to recapture the town.
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