From Newcastle the regiment marched to Edinburgh, and joined the forces assembled at that place, under Lieut.-General Hawley, for the relief of Stirling Castle, which was besieged by the young Pretender. This force advanced to _Falkirk_, where it arrived on the 16th of January, 1746, and encamped. On the following day the outposts gave information of the approach of the rebel army, and the King’s troops left their camp-ground and formed for battle on Falkirk moor. At the moment when the battle commenced, a heavy storm of wind and rain beat violently in the faces of the King’s troops; the soldiers could scarcely see their opponents, their muskets would not give fire, confusion ensued, and a great portion of the army retired from the field of battle: a few regiments, however, remained firm, and repulsed the left wing of the rebel army. After retiring from Falkirk moor, the THIRTEENTH regiment marched back to Edinburgh, where additional forces arrived, and His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland took the command of the troops in Scotland. On the 31st of January, the army again advanced, when the young Pretender raised the siege of Stirling Castle, and made a precipitate retreat towards Inverness. The THIRTEENTH were engaged in the pursuit of the rebel clans; but the army was forced to halt at Perth, in consequence of the severity of the weather, until the 20th of February, when the march was resumed; and in the beginning of March, the army arrived at Aberdeen, where it was detained by heavy rain and snow storms. In the early part of April, the King’s troops were again in motion, and on the 14th of that month they arrived at Nairn. The rebels made a sudden advance From Inverness, with the view of surprising the royal forces in the night, but finding the outposts alert, they retreated.