The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1876-11-11 00:00:00

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Tbs. Opoptalqosrisospon den; Of .. The Times, virifthig from
73elgadd iftertheatinbitlee hid been signed, says :
._L Lmelapc,holy to hear. the accounts given by
'Rusiiiii offiiieili Just come up from the camp as to their
experience of the campaign. They contrast the enthu-
siasm displayed throughout Ruseia in favour of Servia
and the Panslavonic cause with the ignoble attitude of
the Servian Army. The deacriptienie..not mine. I
am only repeating what has been said to me and sworn
In my prerpept-ti-hy•iie-yerai of thoti, brave fellows, some
Jf whoeie-Volties were thok'ect With emotion while they
were.referriggiWthe sad fate‘of so `many thousands of
their gallant compatriots. It appears that in order to
, raise ftuidt for the volunteer expedition organised by
the Russian Slavonic Societies and to help the volun-
teers onwards, subscriptions were solicited in all the
shops and other places of business in the Russian
cities. Every person who entered to make a purchase
was. asked for- ii-di—mation. Mor was this all. After
the arrival of the volunteers in Servia sums of money
were regularly and constantly transmitted to this
country for the maintenance of the expedition. The
passports of the. volunteers are bontid between bias:*
_ ir ,
iscrEatitithis ritketisotmhee. of .the —el::
whether they could tall me the number of Russian
. volweteers,whq had reallycome to Servia. They were
t0:42A.; but vie}, stated their tconviction that
icwai the fashion of the moment very much to under-
ratO it,/ Their belief is that thoneands of. them 'have
- fallen in therMorava Valley alone. They openly accuse
.the Servians of having killed with their bayonets
Russian offieers, who, revolver, in hand, were,urging
them on against tliollnemY• jLi.

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, AMOUNT ,PUNOEL
Mom Punch )
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iPtinClis'
tiV ontjnind obis Wsame,but
n.efcestas id froihit as now that - British heroism
and ecterprise have joined, to affix it to a mountain on
,the eelkii of 'that iciiirorld'frOin which even British
pluck has turned back baffled:l'4le haErjust received
from l'ortsiuth OA, #attering coßpnnnicaticn
'firtAiniatiih, November 4th, 1=76.
. - „
Wsi hive. the honour to inform you, for communica-
tion, to your Contrilmors, that in consideration of your
,-World-famotts setvfees tattle ante of wholesome mirth, inno-
quo, laughter and general good fellowship to which all Arc,ic
I'dyigers are so deeply indebted for the spirit that alone enables
them to resist the cold and daekneis ef a six months' night, and,
e
all tile other hardships of Arctic enterprise, we hav unani-
mously agreed to give the honoured name of Mr. Punch to
one of the principal mountains to the northward of Mount
Hail This mountain is the first on whose face, for two days
before we saw the sun, we observed the warm glow that
foretold the coining spring time, and seemed to us like a
gri-e ing from our S-or, htrn home.—We have the honour to
be, Sir, your obedient remints,

THt OinricEßH AND 141tH OP, THE Aito7lo EXPAD/TION
• -(9 board the Alert ancli:Diseevellf
To the Ealtoivi Puneli. -*