MacDonalds of Glengarry removed their shoes to approach silently through mountain terrain and ambushed a MacKenzie raiding force in a narrow pass in Knoydart. The engagement is recorded in clan traditions as an example of Highland tactics — the removal of shoes for silent movement through difficult ground gave the pass its name.
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