At Tillyangus the Gordons under Adam Gordon killed Black Arthur Forbes in a fierce clan engagement that effectively broke Forbes military power in Strathdon. The victory was part of a Gordon campaign during the civil wars of Mary Queen of Scots regency period. The Forbes clan would later be absorbed into the Covenanting cause against the Catholic Gordons.
Black Arthur Forbes killed; heavy Forbes losses
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