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He sent "Makin taken". Concise but not quite as imaginative as that sent by General Sir Charles James Napier, commander of the Indian army within the Bombay region, who was in charge of the subjugation of the province of Sindh where the Amirs were rebelling against British rule. After the battles of Meanee and Hyderabad and the annexation of the province he is said to have sent the following message to high command: "Peccavi".

As the forum appears to be full of students of Latin there may be no need for a translation, but as those who were, or even are, regulars in the confessional will know "peccavi" means "I have sinned".

[QUOTE="BrianH, post: 2091725, member: 64960"] He sent "Makin taken". Concise but not quite as imaginative as that sent by General Sir Charles James Napier, commander of the Indian army within the Bombay region, who was in charge of the subjugation of the province of Sindh where the Amirs were rebelling against British rule. After the battles of Meanee and Hyderabad and the annexation of the province he is said to have sent the following message to high command: "Peccavi". As the forum appears to be full of students of Latin there may be no need for a translation, but as those who were, or even are, regulars in the confessional will know "peccavi" means "I have sinned". [/QUOTE]

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