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Show KIMBERLEY RAKED BY SHELLS. Boers Ksep Up Terrific Bombardment Bombard-ment Fighting at Rensberg. London, Feb. 13. The war office has posted a dispatch from Colonel Keke-wich. Keke-wich. dated Sunday. Feb. 11. to the ef fect that Kimberlev was bombarded throughout Thursday, Feb. 8. During the morning of Feb. 9 a small infantry engagement, lasting two hours, occurred oc-curred at Alexandersfontein. The situation situ-ation otherwise is unchanged. A. private telegram received here says that "the force commanded by General Wood has moved-up from the southward south-ward and seized Soutpan's drift, which he now holds." A dispatch to the Evening News from Rensberg says severe fighting occurred during the British re-treat, the various outposts on both sides suffering hcavy lossc-s. The dispatch adds that it is doubtful if Rensberg can be held. The fact that General Buller's dispatch dis-patch revising the casualties to the British troops at Potgieiter's drift is dated from Chieveley, is taken in some quarters as an indication that General Buller has removed his headquarters to that place. There i? nothing to indicate indi-cate whether or not he left any large force at Springfield. . |