Aceh War

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

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)

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

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