General Sir John Cope had marched north from Edinburgh to intercept the Jacobite advance, but at Dalwhinnie — faced with the possibility of being outflanked in the Corrieyairack Pass — he turned north to Inverness instead of forcing the pass. Mocked for this decision, he then marched to Aberdeen and embarked his army by sea, arriving at Dunbar in East Lothian. His troops were seasick and disorganised. This circuitous route allowed the Jacobites to take Edinburgh unmolested. Cope then advanced to fight at Prestonpans, where his army was routed in minutes.
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