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Slim has a kind of wit that is rare and I hope you got some taste of it.  I hope you'll see them again and give them my love.
There was an occurrence day before yesterday which was of such a character that it deserves better than the poor sketchy account that I am now able to give of it. I can not tell you the name of the city - it is well east of the Rhine - because as yet the fact of what it holds is not allowed out.  We had known about a storage depot there from information we got last November and since then more had come in.  We knew it was somewhere in an iron mine at the edge of the city.  We found a German priest, a really dauntless fellow, who had been there and offered to go as our guide.
An armored force had been in, and elements of an infantry regiment had followed. There was fighting during the day, but most of the German troops had pulled out.  We came in at about 4:30 (1630), Walker Hancock, two enlisted men, the priest, and I.  The streets were not very safe for a vehicle because of debris and fallen trolley lines.  There

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