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Aceh War

Aceh War
Samalanga 1878.jpg
Battle of Samalanga (1878)
Date 1873–1904
Location Sumatra, Indonesia
Result

Dutch victory

  • Imposition of Dutch rule over Aceh
Territorial
changes
Aceh is annexed into the Dutch East Indies
Belligerents

 Kingdom of the Netherlands

Aceh Sultanate
Acehnese religious ulama
Commanders and leaders

Major General J.H.R. Köhler 
General Jan van Swieten
Major General J.L.J.H. Pel 
Major General Karel van der Heijden (WIA)
Major General Henry Demmeni (DOW)
Major General Jan Jacob Karel de Moulin 
General J.B. van Heutsz (1898–1904)
Lieutenant General J.C. van der Wijck (1904–05)
G.C.E van Daalen (1905–08)
H.N.A. Swart (1908–13)

George Frederik Willem Borel

Sultan Mahmud Syah 
Sultan Alauddin Muhammad Da'ud Syah II (1874–1903)
Tuanku Raja Keumala
Tuanku Mahmud
Teuku Panglima Polem Muda Perkasa
Teuku Umar 

Cut Nyak Dhien
Strength
3,000 troops (First Aceh Expedition)
13,000 (Second Aceh Expedition)
12,000 European KNIL troops (1903)
23,000 Indonesian KNIL troops
10,000-100,000 troops
Casualties and losses
37,000 killed (including by cholera) 60-70,000 killed (including by cholera)
10,000 refugees

Dutch victory

 Kingdom of the Netherlands

Major General J.H.R. Köhler 
General Jan van Swieten
Major General J.L.J.H. Pel 
Major General Karel van der Heijden (WIA)
Major General Henry Demmeni (DOW)
Major General Jan Jacob Karel de Moulin 
General J.B. van Heutsz (1898–1904)
Lieutenant General J.C. van der Wijck (1904–05)
G.C.E van Daalen (1905–08)
H.N.A. Swart (1908–13)


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