<P> Some ranking Jacobites made their way to Loch nan Uamh, where Charles Edward Stuart had first landed at the outset of the campaign in 1745 . Here on 30 April they were met by the two French frigates--the Mars and Bellone . Two days later the French warships were spotted and attacked by the smaller Royal Navy sloops--the Greyhound, Baltimore, and Terror . The result was the last real battle in the campaign . During the six hours in which the ferocious sea - battle raged the Jacobites recovered cargo on the beach which had been landed by the French ships . In all £ 35,000 of gold was recovered along with supplies . Invigorated by the vast amounts of loot and visible proof that the French had not deserted them, the group of Highland chiefs decided to prolong the campaign . On 8 May, nearby at Murlaggan, Lochiel, Lochgarry, Clanranald and Barisdale all agreed to rendezvous at Invermallie on 18 May . The plan was that there they would be joined by what remained of Keppoch's men and Cluny Macpherson's regiment (which did not take part in the battle at Culloden). However, things did not go as planned . After about a month of relative inactivity, Cumberland moved his regulars into the Highlands . On 17 May three battalions of regulars and eight Highland companies reoccupied Fort Augustus . The same day the Macphersons surrendered . On the day of the planned rendezvous, Clanranald never appeared and Lochgarry and Barisdale only showed up with about 300 combined (most of whom immediately dispersed in search of food). Lochiel, who commanded possibly the strongest Jacobite unit at Culloden, was only able to muster about 300 . The following morning Lochiel was alerted that a body of Highlanders was approaching . Assuming they were Barisdale's Macdonalds, Locheil waited until they were identified as Loudoun's by the "red crosses in their bonnets". Locheil's men dispersed without fighting . The following week the Government launched punitive expeditions into the Highlands which continued throughout the summer . </P> <P> Following his flight from the battle, Charles Edward Stuart made his way towards the Hebrides with some supporters . By 20 April, Stuart had reached Arisaig on the west coast of Scotland . After spending a few days with his close associates, Stuart sailed for the island of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides . From there he travelled to Scalpay, off the east coast of Harris, and from there made his way to Stornoway . For five months Stuart criss - crossed the Hebrides, constantly pursued by government supporters and under threat from local lairds who were tempted to betray him for the £ 30,000 upon his head . During this time he met Flora Macdonald, who famously aided him in a narrow escape to Skye . Finally, on 19 September, Stuart reached Borrodale on Loch nan Uamh in Arisaig, where his party boarded two small French ships, which ferried them to France . He never returned to Scotland . </P> <P> The morning following the Battle of Culloden, Cumberland issued a written order reminding his men that "the public orders of the rebels yesterday was to give us no quarter". Cumberland alluded to the belief that such orders had been found upon the bodies of fallen Jacobites . In the days and weeks that followed, versions of the alleged orders were published in the Newcastle Journal and the Gentleman's Journal . Today only one copy of the alleged order to "give no quarter" exists . It is however considered to be nothing but a poor attempt at forgery, for it is neither written nor signed by Murray, and it appears on the bottom half of a copy of a declaration published in 1745 . In any event, Cumberland's order was not carried out for two days, after which contemporary accounts report then that for the next two days the moor was searched and all those wounded were put to death . On the other hand, the orders issued by Lord George Murray for the conduct of the aborted night attack in the early hours of 16 April suggest that it would have been every bit as merciless . The instructions were to use only swords, dirks and bayonets, to overturn tents, and subsequently to locate "a swelling or bulge in the fallen tent, there to strike and push vigorously". In total, over 20,000 head of livestock, sheep, and goats were driven off and sold at Fort Augustus, where the soldiers split the profits . </P> <P> While in Inverness, Cumberland emptied the gaols that were full of people imprisoned by Jacobite supporters, replacing them with Jacobites themselves . Prisoners were taken south to England to stand trial for high treason . Many were held on hulks on the Thames or in Tilbury Fort, and executions took place in Carlisle, York and Kennington Common . The common Jacobite supporters fared better than the ranking individuals . In total, 120 common men were executed, one third of them being deserters from the British Army . The common prisoners drew lots amongst themselves and only one out of twenty actually came to trial . Although most of those who did stand trial were sentenced to death, almost all of these had their sentences commuted to penal transportation to the British colonies for life by the Traitors Transported Act 1746 (20 Geo. II, c. 46). In all, 936 men were thus transported, and 222 more were banished . Even so, 905 prisoners were actually released under the Act of Indemnity which was passed in June 1747 . Another 382 obtained their freedom by being exchanged for prisoners of war who were held by France . Of the total 3,471 prisoners recorded nothing is known of the fate of 648 . The high ranking "rebel lords" were executed on Tower Hill in London . </P>

What happened to the jacobite clans after the battle of culloden