Lord Gordon's cavalry fought a skirmish near Keith in Banffshire during the 1645 campaign season, part of the sustained Gordon horse operations in support of Montrose that dominated the northeast. The engagement at Keith demonstrated Gordon cavalry's reach into upper Strathisla and their ability to interdict Covenanting communications between Aberdeen and Inverness.
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