His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland arrived in Scotland to command the army, and on the 31st of January the troops were again in motion towards the enemy, who instantly raised the siege of Stirling Castle, and made a precipitate retreat to Inverness. The royal forces followed in pursuit, but were delayed in their advance by severe weather. The Thirty-sixth regiment was engaged in the operations of the army until the battle of Culloden on the 16th of April, on which occasion it composed part of the second line under Major-General Huske. The following return shows the number of officers and men in each regiment of infantry on the morning of the battle:—
| Officers. | Serjeants, drummers, and rank and file. | ||
| Royal Scots, now First foot | 26 | 455 | |
| Lieut.-General Howard’s, now Third foot | 16 | 448 | |
| Lieut.-General Barrell’s, now Fourth foot | 20 | 353 | |
| Major-General Edwd Wolfe’s, now Eighth foot | 22 | 352 | |
| Major-General Pulteney’s, now Thirteenth foot | 22 | 352 | |
| Brigadier-General Price’s, now Fourteenth foot | 23 | 336 | |
| Brigadier-General Bligh’s, now Twentieth foot | 20 | 447 | |
| Major-General Campbell’s, now Twenty-first foot | 19 | 393 | |
| Brigadier-General Lord Semple’s, now Twenty-fifth foot | 23 | 392 | |
| Major-General Blakeney’s, now Twenty-seventh foot | 20 | 336 | |
| Brigadier-General Cholmondeley’s, now Thirty-fourth foot | 24 | 435 | |
| Brigadier-General Fleming’s, now Thirty-sixth foot | 26 | 389 | |
| Colonel Battereau’s, since disbanded | 27 | 396 | |
| Colonel Dejean’s, now Thirty-seventh regiment | 23 | 468 | |
| Colonel Conway’s, now Forty-eighth regiment | 24 | 362 | |
| Total | 335 | 5,914 |
After a sharp cannonade several select clans of mountaineers sprang forward, and with shouts and dismal yells attacked the King’s forces sword in hand. In less than an hour after the commencement of the action the enemy’s forces were overthrown and a decisive victory was obtained, which effectually suppressed the rebellion.
The Thirty-sixth regiment sustained but small loss, having only six men wounded on this occasion.
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.
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.