On 4 February 1716, James Francis Edward Stuart — the Old Pretender who had arrived far too late to affect the campaign — sailed from Montrose harbour with the Earl of Mar, abandoning the 1715 rising and the Scots who had fought for him. The departure was hasty and demoralising. Argyll's army was advancing from the south. James left Scotland without fighting a single battle. His abandonment of his followers — and Mar's departure with him — was bitterly resented. Those who surrendered faced trial; those who fled faced exile. The rising effectively ended with his departure.
James VIII and Mar with small personal entourage; government forces closing in
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