During the Jacobite retreat northward from Derby in December 1745, the army passed through Kendal in Westmorland. Government cavalry pressed close to the Jacobite rearguard on the road north. A skirmish occurred at Kendal as Jacobite cavalry turned to check the pursuing government horse. Lord George Murray managed the retreat with considerable skill — the main army moved north while the rearguard fought holding actions at each significant town. The episode at Kendal was one of several such delaying actions before the main engagement at Clifton Moor. Cumberland was pressing hard but Murray refused to allow the retreat to become a rout.
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