What was the real occasion of this fabricated quotation?
"Peccavi--"
To whom is it attributed, for what, and when?
"Peccavi--"
To whom is it attributed, for what, and when?
New Cumulative history Quiz VII
- Thread starter civ editor11
- Start date
Peccavi = I have sinned.
General Charles Napier in 1842 launched a controversial, but successful assault on the province of Sind to consolidate British control of India. His telegram announcing his successful annexation of the territory was the one word "Peccavi--"; a pun on the Latin "I have sinned".
Although very well-known, the 'peccavi' telegram story was apparently invented after the fact by a newspaper reporter.
I'd wager it's itself a loan from German, not the other way around.
...but "pakk" does mean a package or a parcel.
sydhe
King of Kongs
The man to the upper left is Puyi, the last emperor of China and later emperor of Manchukuo. The second man in the lower row is a warlord who was head of Manchuria. I have no idea what this has to do with the Black Sea.
sydhe
King of Kongs
I don't get the geographic clues, but my guess is Sun Yat-Sen.
nonconformist
Miserable
Chiang Kai-Shek
I don't understand the pun. Could someone explain?
"I have Sindh"
Oh my, I can't believe I missed the pun. 
They're right so far...
Dachs said:
None of these, though you're in the right historical period.
...and besides, it wasn't too long ago when I made a picture quiz about him
We also see Blue Sky & White Sun from the Taiwanese flag and Teutonic Cross (?)...
Maybe Kolchak? He used to command the Black Sea fleet...
aronnax
Let your spirit be free
The Manchurian Warlord is Zhang Zhou Lin.
He was assassinated by the Japanese Army.
The clues are puzzling. Yuan Shi Kai was dead when Puyi was 6 and Zhang Zhou Lin wasn't in power yet.
Can you give us a little hint?
He was assassinated by the Japanese Army.
The clues are puzzling. Yuan Shi Kai was dead when Puyi was 6 and Zhang Zhou Lin wasn't in power yet.
Can you give us a little hint?
This person was involved with all of them during his lifetime.
I doubt whether he had personal contact with Yuan Shikai. However, Yuan Shikai is there more to represent an organization, of which Yuan was a leader and in which this person was part of.
The geographic clues are quite important.
aronnax
Let your spirit be free
So...this guy is part of the Beiyang Army...
Does Inner Mongolia refer to some battle that this guy is involved with the Feng Tian Clique at Zhili?
Or the Zhili Clique found by Feng Guozhang?
nonconformist
Miserable
Zhou Enlai?
Similar threads
