Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A farkon watan Janairu, Jacobites sun kewaye Stirling Castle kuma a ranar 13, Henry Hawley, kwamandan gwamnati a Scotland, ya yi tafiya daga arewacin Edinburgh zuwa taimako. Sojojin biyu sun tuntubi a wajen Falkirk a ranar 17 ga Janairu amma Hawley ya ɗauka cewa ba za a yi wani aiki a wannan rana ba. Kimanin karfe 1:00 na yamma, 'yan Jacobites sun fara ci gaba; wannan ya fara yakin Falkirk Muir
, wanda ya faru a cikin rashin haske da dusar ƙanƙara mai yawa kuma an nuna shi da rikicewa a bangarorin biyu. Perthshire Horse ba a yi ba, kuma ko da yake nasarar da aka samu na Jacobite, rashin cin nasara ya ba da damar sojojin Hawley su koma baya a cikin tsari mai kyau.