Siege of Los Angeles

Siege of Los Angeles
	Part of the Conquest of California; Mexican–American War
	; American forces retreating to San Pedro following their defeat in the Siege of Los Angeles
Date	September 22–30, 1846; (1 week and 1 day)
Location	Los Angeles, Alta California, Mexico
Result	Mexican victory
Belligerents
United States	Mexico
Commanders and leaders
Archibald H. Gillespie	Serbulo Varela; José María Flores; José Antonio Carrillo; Andrés Pico
Strength
48[a]	150 militia[a]
Casualties and losses
None	None

The siege of Los Angeles, sometimes known as the Battle 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.

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