commander and supreme leader of the Netherlands in Jakarta, namely General J.A. Vetter, depart for Kuta-
the king with the ship "Carpenter" and "Batam", also brought the pa-
the requested helper for as many as one battalion. Date 7
April 1896 Vetter arrives at Kutaraja. Together with him the colonel Stem-
foort (this guy according to his own partner van Heutsz is ferocious,
likes to burn the village). The first Vetter action was
sacked the Dutch military commander in Aceh General Deijkerhoff
own.
The direct Dutch attempt was for
releasing two Dutch fortresses from the siege of Aceh, namely Lam
Turmeric and Krueng Glumpang.
On 8 April came another additional troop that was brought
by the ships of "Reael" and "General Pel", so in tem-
po short force Dutch troops in Aceh because of Umar's attitude
are: 9 (nine) infantry battalions, 2 (two) marsuse divisions,
1 (one) marsuse division, 2 (two) vesting artillery companies, 1 (one) es-
a cadre of horses, 1 (one) company of army of war, 3 (three) berg-bat-
tery. It is made up of 325 officers and 9145 soldiers. The 8th
April, an army of Dutch who intend to add reinforcements
to Lamkunyit has met with intercept in the middle of the road. Pertem-
the great leader of Captain F.P.A. No, no
"gutted", killed alongside his subordinates J. Rijken, B. Veldhuizen,
G.H. Op 't Broek, in addition to the serious injuries of lieutenant J.H. Hoeks-
tein, R. ten Seldam, and others.
On April 12, the Acehnese succeeded in seizing the Belan-
da strong and strategic, Lamkunyit and Bilul.
On 13 April the Aceh shootings against the fortress
Dutch Krueng Glumpang, which has been besieged and not air-
results get reinforcements. Assistant Teuku Ibrahim Montasik
which besieged Krueng Glumpang, a "Deserteur"
The Dutchman named Carli, has delivered the two word to
the Dutch fortress leader, to hand over the fort
to Aceh. When handed over the Dutch troops
given freedom outside the fort to join the parent
his troops, but if not, Krueng will be destroyed.
April 14, while defending with benign ben-
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