It is a common idea that the most laconic military despatch ever issued
was that sent by CesAr to
the Horse Guards at Rome, containing the
three memorable words " Veni, ridi, viei," and, perhaps, until our own day, no like instance of brevity has been found.
The despatch of Sin
CHARLES NorIER, after the capture of Seinde, to LORD ELLENBOROUGH, both for brevity and truth, is, howeves, far beyond it. The despatch consisted of one emphatic word--" Peccuri," " I have Seinde," (sinned).
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