Although sick — reportedly being carried on a litter — Bruce led his forces against the Comyn Earl of Buchan at Inverurie. His army surprised the Comyn force; the earl fled and his army was routed. This was the decisive engagement that broke Comyn power in Aberdeenshire. The subsequent 'Herschip of Buchan' — the systematic burning of the entire earldom — consolidated the victory. It was one of the most strategically important of Bruce's northern campaigns because the Comyns had been the most powerful family in Scotland.
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