General Cope marched from Stirling northward in August 1745 to intercept Prince Charles's advancing Jacobite army. When he reached Dalwhinnie at the foot of the Corrieyairack Pass, he received intelligence that the Jacobites had occupied the heights of the pass above him. Faced with the prospect of marching his infantry up a steep road under attack from Highlanders on the heights, Cope consulted his officers and decided not to force the pass. This decision — to turn north to Inverness rather than fighting through — was arguably correct militarily but strategically disastrous. Jacobite scouts watched Cope's movements from the heights and reported immediately to Charles. The road to Edinburgh was open.
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