"they could not be left upon the farms in a denuded country."??
I don't understand this sentence
"they could not be left upon the farms in a denuded country."
could someone explain this sentence for me???

宿題でどうしても意味が取りにくいところがあって…
どなたか訳、もしくは簡単な英語で説明していただけませんか？This text is from The Great Boer War by Arthur Conan Doyle.
"As to the women and children, they could not be left upon the farms in a denuded country."

Question

"they could not be left upon the farms in a denuded country."??
I don't understand this sentence
"they could not be left upon the farms in a denuded country."
could someone explain this sentence for me???

宿題でどうしても意味が取りにくいところがあって…
どなたか訳、もしくは簡単な英語で説明していただけませんか？This text is from The Great Boer War by Arthur Conan Doyle.
"As to the women and children, they could not be left upon the farms in a denuded country."

Answer

The paraphrased version of the sentence : 
When we considered  women and children, we couldn't leave them alone on their farms in an abandoned country.

Answer

"As to" is a transition conjunction. We understand that the text told about maybe father or other relatives/friends/people before and now is going to say us about  the women and children.

"could not be left" refers to possibility.

I think "they" refers to the woman and children.

Answer

"they" is not clear.  We need more context to know who or what "they" are.  Whatever they were, they had to be removed.

"denuded" means stripped bare, everything is removed.  Perhaps some disaster happened.  I am not sure if the text is referring to a particular country, a group of countries or is making a conceptual point.  Again, more context please.

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