After occupying Inverness, Jacobite forces pursued Lord Loudon's retreating government army across the Beauly Firth. Jacobite forces crossed at the Kessock Ferry — the narrow neck of water separating Inverness from the Black Isle — in February 1746. This forced Loudon to retreat further north into Easter Ross and Sutherland. The skirmishing at the ferry crossing demonstrates the Jacobites' operational energy in the weeks before Culloden, simultaneously besieging Fort William, Fort Augustus and Fort George while pursuing Loudon northward.
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