sentences:  William the Conqueror's Harrying of the North in 1069–1070, during which his Norman troops systematically laid waste to the rebellious north of England, can be considered an early example of the use of house demolition to deprive an enemy of civilian support.Similarly, during the Second Boer War of 1899–1902, the British army under Lord Kitchener systematically destroyed Boer farms and homesteads in order to prevent Boer guerrillas from obtaining food and supplies, and to demoralize them by leaving their women and children homeless and starving in the open.Comparable tactics were used by the United States during the Philippine–American War and again during the Vietnam War, when numerous villages were burned by US troops and local allies.