 In 1303 Sir Alexander de Forbes failed to hold off another English assault.This time Edward installed as governor Alexander Comyn, brother of John, as the family had sided with the English against Robert Bruce.Following his murder of the Red Comyn in 1306, Bruce completed his defeat of the Comyns when he marched through the Great Glen in 1307, taking the castles of Inverlochy, Urquhart and Inverness.