 However, this is perhaps inaccurate as the Mackintoshes had official government support for their actions against the Macdonalds and their army was in part made up of government troops from an Independent Highland Company under Mackenzie of Suddie.This would therefore leave the Battle of Altimarlach, fought in 1680 between the Campbells and Sinclairs, as the last true clan battle.In the later half of the 17th century, clans would only commit themselves to violence with official sanction from the crown and thus Mackintosh had only moved against MacDonald of Keppoch because the crown recognized the validity of his claim but had also actively intervened on his behalf by supplying him with troops.