Gardiner's (13th) and Hamilton's (14th) dragoons 567 2 Companies of Guise's (6th) and 8 of Lascelles'(47th) foot 570 5 Companies of Lee's (44th) 291 Murray's (46th) regiment 580 Highlanders 183 ---- Total 2191 [35] In the account of this battle, published by the rebels, it is stated that four companies of the regiment were present. [36] Tradition affirms that the SIXTH formerly bore the Motto of "VI _et_ ARMIS," and on no occasion did the regiment more vigorously support its claim to bear it than at the Heights of Echalar. A pack, bearing that Motto under the Antelope, was preserved by the regiment so late as the year 1825. [37] Now Major-General Sir John Gardiner, K.C.B., Deputy Adjutant-General of the Forces. [38] The SIXTH foot, previous to their being styled "ROYAL," bore on their colours and appointments many "ROYAL" marks of favour, viz. "The Rose and Crown"--"The King's Crest"--"_Nec aspera terrent_"--"The Antelope within the Garter," and motto "_Honi soit qui mal y pense_." See page 68. [39] On the 15th of June, 1837, authority was given for the badge of the "ANTELOPE" being resumed on the coats of the drummers of the SIXTH OR ROYAL FIRST WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT. SUCCESSION OF COLONELS OF THE SIXTH REGIMENT OF FOOT. SIR WALTER VANE, _Appointed 12th December, 1673_. SIR WALTER VANE, fifth son of the celebrated Sir Henry Vane, secretary to King Charles I., served in the royal cause during the rebellion. He afterwards distinguished himself on the continent, and having acquired the character of a brave and meritorious officer, was advanced to the rank of marshal of the field in the Spanish service. On the decease of Colonel Robert Sidney, in 1668, King Charles II. conferred the colonelcy of the Holland regiment (now third foot, or the buffs) on Sir Walter Vane; who, in the winter of 1673-4, was promoted to the rank of major-general in the English army, and appointed commandant of the British troops in the pay of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, and colonel of one of the English regiments (now SIXTH foot) ordered to be raised for the service of the States-General. He joined the army in the field, commanded by the Prince of Orange, and signalized himself on the 1st of August, 1674, at the battle of Seneffe, where he was mortally wounded. He was interred in the great church at the Hague, and a mural monument was erected in the cloister of the said church, with the following inscription:--