Throughout the '45 rising, the northeast Scottish coast — particularly around Peterhead and Montrose — served as the point of entry for French supplies, arms, money and dispatches reaching the Jacobite army. Several successful landings brought arms, ammunition and gold to sustain the rising. Government naval vessels attempted to intercept these supply runs but the rugged northeast coast offered many concealed landing points. These supply operations, though never as large as Charles hoped, were crucial to keeping the army armed and paid. The eventual failure to get adequate French support was one reason Culloden's outcome was so decisive.
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