29 March is the date of the defection of the cunning adventurer Teukoe Oemar on 29 March 1896 — the critical days that followed the Graafland era and preceded the glorious period of Van Heutsz. In Oost-Indisch Journael by Merac (1947), 29 March is the book’s marker of the defection of Teukoe Oemar: the crisis that opened the way to the glorious period of Van Heutsz.
The defection of Teukoe Oemar
“But after the defection of the cunning adventurer Teukoe Oemar on 29 March 1896, critical days began.” After the defection of the cunning adventurer Teukoe Oemar on 29 March 1896, critical days began. The 29 March 1896 defection — the turning of the Acehnese chief who had been allied with the colonial army — is the book’s marker of the critical days between the Graafland era and the glorious period of Van Heutsz.
Significance
29 March is significant in Oost-Indisch Journael as the date of the defection of Teukoe Oemar on 29 March 1896. The book presents this defection as the crisis that opened the way to the glorious period of Van Heutsz, marking the pivotal transition between two phases of the Aceh War. The date 29 March thus serves as the book’s marker for Teukoe Oemar’s betrayal and its consequences for colonial strategy.
Articles referring to this date
Account in Hooijer’s De verlaten posten in Groot-Atjeh (1897)
29 March is a calendar date used in the Aceh Wiki History date-linking convention, by which every full date is split into a day-month link and a year link. In the material drawn from De verlaten posten in Groot-Atjeh it marks the following events in the history of Groot-Atjeh.
Events on this date
- Siege and relief of Tjot Goeë (March–April 1895) — three companies protecting Tjot Goeë heavily fired upon (1895)
- Defection of Teukoe Oemar (1896) — nobody appeared at the passer at Biloel; Kapitein Schadée’s patrol fired on and Luitenant Zijdveld wounded (1896)
See Also
- Oost-Indisch Journael
- Teukoe Oemar
- Gilles Graafland
- Gouverneur-Generaal Van Heutsz
- 1896
- Atjeh-oorlog
- General Swart, Pacifier of Atjeh (1943)
- H. N. A. Swart
- Pacificatie van Atjeh
- De verlaten posten in Groot-Atjeh (Hooijer, 1897)
- G. B. Hooijer
- Groot-Atjeh
- Geconcentreerde linie
Sources
Oost-Indisch Journael: Palaver om de tafel met het gat, by Merac, Toekan-Serie no. 2, ed. G. L. Tichelman (Haarlem: De Gulden Pers, 1947), the chapter on den zieleherder (the soul-shepherd).
Generaal Swart, Pacificator van Atjeh (“General Swart, Pacifier of Atjeh”), by M. H. du Croo, Colonel K.N.I.L. (retired), with the collaboration of H. J. Schmidt, Titular Colonel K.N.I.L. (retired), with a foreword by His Excellency Lieutenant-General K.N.I.L. (retired) G. K. Dijkstra (Maastricht: N.V. Leiter-Nypels, 1943), passim.
De verlaten posten in Groot-Atjeh, door G. B. Hooijer, Gep. Luit.-Kolonel O. I. Leger, met 24 platen (Haarlem: De Erven F. Bohn; Batavia: G. Kolff & Co., 1897). Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen, Centrale Boekerij, Amsterdam. OCR-filename: 20260719_140140_DLP-134-De_verlaten_posten_in_Groot_Atjeh_Nemotron-OCR-v2_OCR.txt, passim.
Acknowledgement of sources. This article is a single consolidated account combining the material previously held in this entry with the account given in De verlaten posten in Groot-Atjeh (1897) by G. B. Hooijer. Dutch terminology has been rendered in English, the original Dutch being retained only in direct quotations and in bibliographic citations.