Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akasimudzirwa kuva Brigadier-General muna July, chikwata chake chaiva pakati pevashandi vakatumirwa kuBritain muna November munguva ye 1745 Rising uye vakashumira muScotland pasi paHenry Hawley. Mukutanga kwaJanuary 1746, vaJacobite vakakomba Stirling Castle; musi wa13, Hawley akarayira varume 4 000 vaitungamirirwa naCholmondeley naJohn Huske kuti vaende kuchamhembe kuFalkirk kunoribatsira, vachimutevera nevamwe varume 3 000. Nhamba
Hondo yeFalkirk yakatanga mumasikati makuru aJanuary 17 mukutadza kwechiedza uye yakaratidzirwa nekukanganisa uye kutonga kukundikana kumativi ose. Dutu rechando rakasimba rakatanga sezvo mapoka akaiswa, zvichiita kuti kurongeka kuve kwakaoma zvikuru; kuruboshwe kwehurumende kwakadzingwa asi brigade yaCholmondeley kurudyi yakabata nzvimbo yavo uye yakadzivirira kubudirira kukuru kweJacobite.