 One by one King Robert confronted his domestic enemies, beginning with the Balliol party in Galloway.From the south of the country he moved through the English-held central lowlands, making his way by the western route through Argyllshire through the Great Glen towards Inverness and the north-east, towards the territory held by Buchan.He had under his command as many as 3.000 men according to a letter sent by the Earl of Ross to King Edward.