As Donald Lord of the Isles marched a massive force to claim the Earldom of Ross in 1411, advance parties encountered government scouts and militia near Inverurie. The clearing of government opposition from the approach to Aberdeen forced the government to commit to the major engagement at Harlaw that stopped the MacDonald advance. The preliminary skirmish showed the government the scale of the threat.
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