The Jacobite retreat from Stirling to Inverness in February 1746 — the march that took the army from the Forth to the Great Glen — was a painful strategic withdrawal. Prince Charles was devastated. The army was still formidable but morale had been shaken by the council's decision to retreat rather than use the Falkirk victory to press on. The march north was carried out in winter conditions. Several clans deserted as they passed through their home territory. The army that eventually faced Cumberland at Culloden was smaller and less confident than the force that had won at Falkirk six weeks earlier.
Jacobite army (diminishing through desertion) c.6,000-7,000; government forces advancing from south
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