21 February 1746: The Scots Magazine reported that a ship under French colours attempted to land troops, arms and money for the Jacobites at Aberdeen. It then sailed on to Peterhead to unload but the captain was instructed by the French envoy de Boyer not to deliver the money that was onboard.
21 February 1746: Lord George Murray arrived at the Jacobite headquarters at Culloden House outside Inverness. The Jacobites now had three immediate aims: to reduce Fort Augustus and Fort William; to disperse the Earl of Loudoun’s army of government highlanders; and to keep hold of the coast towards Aberdeen, which was the only source of obtaining supplies by sea.
21 February 1746: Charles Edward Stuart dispatched Brigadier Walter Stapleton with 300 Irish Piquets and over 1000 clansmen to blockade and lay siege to Fort Augustus at the southern end of Loch Ness. Fort Augustus was garrisoned by three companies from Guise’s 6th Regiment commanded by Major Hugh Wentworth.
