Aceh is one of the areas within the State of Indonesia which has abundant natural wealth with the income of cloves and spices. The Aceh fight was led by Panglima Polem and Sultan Mahmud Syah, while the Dutch were led by Kohler. The Dutch troops under the leadership of Kohler had many followers and many troops were elites under his care. But he and his troops can be defeated by the people of Aceh who are controlled by the Commander of Polem and Sultan Mahmud Shah.
Kohler also suffered the same fate with his troops, he also died in this battle. Kohler died on April 14, 1873. With the death of Dutch elite officials, Dutch troops continued to come to Aceh to wage war with the initial goal to control the territory of the capital of Aceh and control the Mosque Baiturrahman. War is very terrible when the people of Aceh want to recapture Baiturrahman Great Mosque which was once controlled by the Dutch group. This resistance is assisted by the people of Aceh who are all directions ranging from Lambhuk, Lampu'uk, Peukan Bada, Krueng Raya to the corners of the pasee ocean.
The Aceh war with Dutch is aimed at getting the North Country to be entitled to the North. In this case the Government Commissioner Frederik Nicolaas Nieuwenhuijzen who served as negotiator tried to hold talks with the Sultan of Aceh regarding the seizure of the coast with the results of the Dutch are not lucky and did not get as expected so that the Dutch declared war back with the people of Aceh on the advice of Gubjen James Loudon .
The Dutch tactics were very cruel by attempting every means to conquer the people of Aceh, by holding the sultan's son as a form of Sandra for the sultans to surrender, such as arresting the son of Sultan Ibrahim. As a result, Sultan Ibrahim had to surrender. Then the Dutch troops secretly ambushed the Tangse area to arrest the Police commander, the Police Commander was not arrested and instead arrested the son of the Police Commander, so the Police Commander also had to surrender. The Dutch tactics further destroyed the people of Aceh by killing all the people of Aceh like the killings in Kuta Reh and then the Dutch troops captured Cut Nyak Dhien because it was still fighting and did not want to surrender so he could be arrested and in secret way he was taken to Sumedang.
The Netherlands can not control the Aceh region because the people of Aceh will continue to fight against the Dutch even though the war was carried out by the people of Aceh without having a powerful weapon like that of the Dutch.