Lord Loudon, retreating northward through Easter Ross after the Rout of Moy and unable to hold Inverness, crossed the Dornoch Firth into Sutherland in February-March 1746. A Jacobite pursuing force under the Master of Lovat shadowed Loudon's retreat. Skirmishing occurred at the Dornoch Firth crossing as Jacobite advance parties attempted to catch Loudon before he crossed into Sutherland where the pro-government Sutherland clan would reinforce him. Loudon crossed successfully but remained trapped in Sutherland for the remainder of the campaign, unable to affect the final battle at Culloden. His 2,000 men were lost to the government cause at a critical moment.
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