How far do these three sources support the proposition that the British dealt brutally with the Boer population in trying to defeat Boer guerrilla fighters?

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How far do these three sources support the proposition that the British dealt brutally with the Boer population in trying to defeat Boer guerrilla fighters?

Sources P, Q and R all suggest similar and different ways of how the British dealt with the Boer population in trying to defeat Boer guerrilla fighters. Source P does suggest that the British dealt brutally with the Boer population, whilst source R suggests that the British treated the Boer population as they would treat any other population in any other war and although this treatment may be seen as brutal, Source R suggests that it was highly over exaggerated. Source Q lays somewhere in between these two sources. Although in Source Q the soldier was told to burn down the farms of the Boer people which can be seen as brutal, it doesn't suggest then how the Boer women were treated afterwards, it only says they had to 'deal' with the women, and although this gives the impression of dealing with them violently it may not have actually been like that as the British solider is saying he didn't treat the Boers brutally although his was