Another account of the Battle of Mulege provides a different perspective. USS "Dale" commanded by Selfridge on way to Guaymas learned of enemy forces in Mulege with an estimated force of 150 men. Four boats from "Dale" commanded by Lt. Craven, under the protective cover of "Dale" commandeered a Mexican schooner without resistance. The following day, 1 October 1847, Lt. Craven with 50 sailors plus marines landed. Under barrage of round shell and shot from "Dale" the Mexican forces abandoned the village and were pursued up the valley by Lt. Craven's forces. Craven's forces scoured the valley for a distance of about three miles coming under occasional light assault from ambush. Craven, fearing the possibility than his men were being led into an ambush, returned with his men to "Dale". Lt. Craven when patrolling later off Mulege on the "Liberta" gathered intelligence that actually only 100 fighters were in the Mulege area on 2 Oct.