Capture of Monterey

Capture of Monterey
	; Commodore Jones' flagship USS United States
Date	October 19–20, 1842
Location	Monterey, Alta California, Centralist Mexico; (now Monterey, California, U.S.)
Result	American victory
Belligerents
United States	Mexico
Commanders and leaders
Thomas Jones	Manuel Micheltorena
Strength
Land:; 50 Marines; 100 Sailors; Sea:; 1 frigate; 2 sloops-of-war	58 Soldiers; 1 fort
Casualties and losses
None	None; 1 fort captured

The Capture of Monterey by the United States Navy and Marine Corps occurred in 1842. After hearing false news that war had broken out between the United States and Mexico, the commander of the Pacific Squadron Thomas ap Catesby Jones sailed from Lima, Peru with three warships to Monterey, California. The Americans' objective was to take control of the capital city before a suspected British cession could be achieved.

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