Editing Battle of Culloden (section)

===Jacobite collapse and rout===
With the collapse of the left wing, Murray brought up the [[Royal Scots (Jacobite)|''Royal Écossais'']] and Kilmarnock's Footguards, who were still unengaged, but when they had been brought into position, the Jacobite first line had been [[rout]]ed. The ''Royal Écossais'' exchanged musket fire with [[Royal Scots Fusiliers|Campbell's 21st]] and commenced an orderly retreat, moving along the Culwhiniac enclosure to shield themselves from artillery fire. Immediately, the half battalion of Highland militia, commanded by Captain Colin Campbell of Ballimore, which had stood inside the enclosure ambushed them. In the encounter, Campbell of Ballimore was killed along with five of his men. The result was that the ''Royal Écossais'' and Kilmarnock's Footguards were forced out into the open moor and were engaged by three squadrons of Kerr's 11th Dragoons. 

The Irish Picquets under Stapleton bravely covered the Highlanders' retreat from the battlefield, preventing the fleeing Jacobites from suffering heavy casualties. That action cost half of the 100 casualties that they suffered in the battle.{{sfn|McGarry|2013|p=122}} The ''Royal Écossais'' appear to have retired from the field in two wings; one part surrendered after suffering 50 killed or wounded, but their colours were not taken and a large number retired from the field with the Jacobite Lowland regiments.<ref name="PH1991-8085"/> A few Highland regiments also withdrew in good order, unhindered by the government cavalry.<ref>Pittock (2016) p. 95</ref>

[[File:Jacobite standard (no9).svg|thumb|One of at least fourteen [[historical colours, standards and guidons|standards or colours]] recorded as captured by government forces at the battle.<ref>Reid (2006), p. 16.</ref> That and a similar blue [[saltire]] may have been used by the Atholl Brigade.<ref>Reid (2002), p. 93.</ref>]]
The stand by the French regulars gave Charles and other senior officers time to escape. Charles seems to have been rallying Perth's and Glenbucket's regiments when Sullivan rode up to Captain Shea, commander of his bodyguard, and ordered him to take the Prince away. {{efn|"Yu see all is going to pot. Yu can be of no great succor, so before a general deroute wch will soon be, Seize upon the Prince & take him off&nbsp;...".<ref name="PH1991-8085"/>}} Charles reportedly called for a final charge into the government lines,<ref>Pittock (2016) p. 134</ref> but Shea led him from the field.

From that point onward, the fleeing Jacobite forces were split into several groups: the Lowland regiments retired southwards, making their way to [[Ruthven Barracks]], and the remains of the Jacobite right wing also retired southwards. The MacDonald and the other Highland left-wing regiments, however, were cut off by the government cavalry and were forced to retreat down the road to Inverness. The result was that they were a clear target for government dragoons. Major-General [[Humphrey Bland]] led the pursuit of the fleeing Highlanders, giving "[[no quarter|Quarter to None]] but about Fifty French Officers and Soldiers".<ref name="PH1991-8085">Reid (2002), pp. 80–85.</ref>