In April 1746, as Cumberland advanced northward from Aberdeen toward Inverness and the Jacobite army, the River Spey offered a potential defensive line. The Jacobite leadership considered making a stand there. A force was positioned at the Spey crossing but when Cumberland's army — some 8,000 men — arrived and crossed, the Jacobite detachment retired without seriously contesting the passage. The failure to hold the Spey line — which might have delayed Cumberland and given the starving Jacobite army time to recover — was a significant missed opportunity in the final days before Culloden.
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