FOOTNOTES:
[6] Then called the Holland Regiment, and now the Third Foot, or the Buffs.
[7] A corps of cavalry, and two brigades of infantry, one English, and one Scots, of which the First, or the Royal Regiment, is the only remaining corps.
[8] Boyer's Life of King William III.
[9] Return of officers of the Earl of Ossory's brigade killed and wounded at the battle of St. Denis, 14th August, 1678.
| Killed. | Wounded. | |
| The Earl of Ossory's regiment | 3 | 10 |
| Colonel Henry Wisely's ditto (now 5th foot) | 2 | 10 |
| Sir Henry Bellasis's ditto (6th) | 6 | 6 |
| Sir Alexander Colyear's ditto | 2 | 4 |
| Major-General Kirkpatrick's ditto | 3 | 6 |
| Colonel Hugh Mackay's ditto | 4 | 3 |
| Total | 20 | 39 |
[10] Appendix to Dalrymple's Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland.
[11] Appendix to Dalrymple's Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland.
[12] Bishop Burnet.
[13] Millan.
[14] Appendix to Dalrymple's Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland.
[15] Millan.
[16] The pay of the Regiment for sixty days, from the 5th June to the 3rd August, 1685, amounting to £1014. 8s., was charged in the Accounts of the Army in England.
[17] Appendix to Dalrymple's Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland.
[18] Appendix to Dalrymple's Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland.
[19] The first was an English regiment, commanded by Colonel John Hales, and contained ten officers and two hundred soldiers of the Roman Catholic religion; the second was commanded by John Wachop, and contained twelve Roman Catholic officers and about three hundred soldiers, who were principally Scots; and the third was commanded by Roger M'Eligott: it was an Irish corps, and nearly every officer and man was of the Roman Catholic religion.
[20] In the list of the Prince of Orange's army published by authority, the regiment, which is now the Sixth Foot, is styled "The regiment which was formerly Bellasis's;" in the ephemeral publications of that date it is styled "Babington's regiment."
[21] Story's History of the War in Ireland.
[22] The original embarkation return of the regiment is preserved among the Harleian Manuscripts, No. 7025.
[23] A note acknowledging the receipt of this dish is preserved in the British Museum.—Bibl. Harl., 7025.
[24] Carleton's Memoirs.
[25] It seems remarkable that the distinguished conduct of Lieut.-Colonel Southwell of the Sixth has not been alluded to by many historians who have written accounts of the capture of Barcelona: his personal bravery and success were, however, recorded in the "Annals of Queen Anne;" in the "Present State of Europe;" and in a few other works published at the time.
[26] Carleton.
[27] Effective strength of the British forces in Spain at the time of the battle of Almanza, from the weekly return dated 22nd of April, 1707.
| AT THE BATTLE | ||
| Men. | ||
| Harvey's Horse, now 2nd Dragoon Guards | 227 | |
| Carpenter's Dragoons, now 3rd Light Dragoons | } | 292 |
| Essex's ditto, now 4th Light Dragoons | ||
| Killegrew's ditto, now 8th Hussars | 51 | |
| Pearce's ditto, disbanded | 273 | |
| Peterborough's ditto, ditto | 303 | |
| Guiscard's ditto, ditto | 228 | |
| Foot Guards | 400 | |
| Portmore's, now 2nd Foot | 462 | |
| Southwell's, 6th ditto | 505 | |
| Stewart's, 9th ditto | 467 | |
| Hill's, 11th ditto | 472 | |
| Blood's, 17th ditto | 461 | |
| Mordaunt's, 28th ditto | 532 | |
| Wade's, 33rd ditto | 458 | |
| Gore's, 35th ditto | 616 | |
| Alnutts', 36th ditto | 412 | |
| Montjoy's, disbanded | 508 | |
| Macartney's, ditto | 494 | |
| Bretton's, ditto | 428 | |
| John Caulfield's, ditto | 470 | |
| Lord Mark Kerr's, ditto | 419 | |
| Count Nassau's, ditto | 422 | |
| —— | ||
| Total | 8910 | |
| In Garrison and Quarters. | |||
| Royal Dragoons, at Culera | 302 | ||
| Royal Fusiliers, | } | at Girone | 1200 |
| Two Battalions Marines, | |||
| Hotham's, | } | at Alicant | 1200 |
| Sybourg's, | |||
| Blossett's, | } | ||
| One Battalion Marines, | |||
| Eliott's, | } | at Gibraltar | 800 |
| Watkin's, | |||
| Detachments at Denia | 200 | ||
| —— | |||
| Total | 3702 | ||
[28] State of Europe, for June, 1708.
[29] Journal of the War in Spain, by a Chaplain of the army.
[30] See Lieut.-General Carpenter's letter, published in the Daily Courant of the 16th of September, 1710.
[31] Tradition has connected the badge of the Antelope, borne on the colours of the regiment, with its services in Spain; and as the Sixth captured several colours at Saragossa, which colours were taken to England by their Colonel, Thomas Harrison, and presented to Queen Anne, it is not improbable but that an Antelope was on one of the captured colours, and that Colonel Harrison obtained her Majesty's permission for his regiment to bear the badge of an Antelope in commemoration of the event. No documentary evidence has, however, been met with to substantiate the tradition.
[32] The Complete History of Europe, vol. 22, pages 111 and 152.
[33] Martial Recorder.
[34] The following return of the strength of the King's forces at Preston-pans was published in Douglas' History of the Rebellion:
| 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.