Capture of Monterey | |||||||
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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 United States Navy Pacific Squadron Thomas ap Catesby Jones sailed from Lima, Peru with three warships to Monterey, California, the capital of Alta California. The Americans' objective was to take control of the capital city before a suspected British cession could be achieved.