Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan ya isa Edinburgh, a ranar 13 ga Janairu 1746 Huske da mutane 4,000 sun koma arewa don sauƙaƙe Stirling Castle, sannan 'yan Jacobites suka kewaye shi. Hawley da ƙarin mutane 3,000 sun haɗu da shi a Falkirk a ranar 16 ga Janairu, inda babban ƙarfin Jacobite ke jira. Hawley ya wuce kima da rauni na sojojin dakarun Highland zuwa sojan doki, kuma ya raina lambobi da halayen fada. Wannan ya ba da gudummawa ga rashin nasararsa a Falkirk Muir
Ranar 17 ga watan Janairu, yakin da ya fara a ƙarshen rana a cikin rashin haske da dusar ƙanƙara mai yawa kuma an nuna shi da rikice-rikice a bangarorin biyu.