 As a result, the outnumbered United States troops evacuated the city for the following few months.Over the following four months, U.S. forces fought minor skirmishes with the Californio Lancers in the Battle of San Pasqual (in San Diego, California), the Battle of Dominguez Rancho (near Los Angeles), and the Battle of Rio San Gabriel (near Los Angeles).After the Los Angeles resistance started, the American California Battalion was expanded to a force of about 400 men.