After halting a short time at Inverness the army advanced into the highlands, and encamped in the gloomy valley, surrounded by rugged precipices, near Fort Augustus, from whence detachments were sent out to search for arms, and for persons who had been engaged in the rebellion. Prince Charles, after enduring many hardships, succeeded in escaping to France in September. [Sidenote: 1747.] Meanwhile hostilities had been continued on the Continent, and in the beginning of 1747, the THIRTY-SIXTH regiment re-embarked at Gravesend for Flanders. After having joined the army commanded by His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, the regiment was engaged in several operations near the frontiers of Holland, which led to the battle of _Laffeld_, or _Val_, fought on the 2d of July 1747, in the villages in the vicinity of Maestricht. On this occasion the allied army was very inferior in numbers to the enemy, and although the British infantry were conspicuous throughout the action for the gallantry with which they fought, the Duke of Cumberland was obliged to order a retreat. His Royal Highness passed the highest encomiums on the British troops for their conduct in this battle; and according to the “London Gazette,” there was not a squadron or battalion which did not charge and beat the enemy more than once. The loss of the THIRTY-SIXTH regiment in this battle was Major Petrie, Lieutenant Brodie, two serjeants, and twenty-two rank and file, killed; with Lieut.-Colonel Jackson, Captains Morgan, Pechell, Dod, and Gore, Lieutenant Ackland, Ensigns Vaughan, Duncan, Elrington, Strong, and Porter, three serjeants, two drummers, and seventy-four rank and file, wounded; and eighty-two men missing. After withdrawing from the field of battle, the army continued its retreat to Maestricht, where it arrived on the same evening. The THIRTY-SIXTH regiment was subsequently employed in various parts of the provinces of Limburg and North Brabant. [Sidenote: 1748.] The regiment again took the field in the spring of 1748, and was employed in several operations, but no general engagement occurred. Hostilities were at length terminated by a treaty of peace, which was signed at Aix-la-Chapelle on the 7th of October 1748. During the winter the THIRTY-SIXTH returned to England. [Sidenote: 1749.] On its arrival from Holland, the establishment of the regiment was reduced, and it was ordered to proceed to Gibraltar, in which fortress it was stationed during the five following years. [Sidenote: 1751.] Colonel Lord Robert Manners was appointed by His Majesty King George II. to the colonelcy of the THIRTY-SIXTH regiment on the 13th of March 1751, in succession to Major-General James Fleming, deceased.