They then marched to Auchindoun arriving the same day. Huntly received intelligence that Argyll was about to descend from the mountains to the lowlands and sent Captain Thomas Carr and a party of horsemen to carry out reconnaissance.
After marching to Auchindoun, they arrived on the same day. Huntly learned that Argyll planned to descend from the mountains into the lowlands and dispatched Captain Thomas Carr and a group of riders to scout ahead.