Adverse engagement of 16 April 1874 was the unfavourable Dutch engagement of 16 April 1874 during the post-Kraton phase of the Aceh War.
Course
The fight followed the Acehnese attack of 11 April 1874 and preceded the departure of the main force. In Van Swieten’s narrative, it underscored the vulnerability of the occupation and the distinction between taking the capital complex and pacifying the country.
Significance
The episode belongs to the continuing Aceh War and the contested consequences of the Capture of the Kraton of Aceh.
See Also
Source
De waarheid over onze vestiging in Atjeh: met eene kaart van Atjeh en een plan van den Kraton, by J. van Swieten (Zalt-Bommel: Joh. Noman en Zoon, 1879), pp. pp. 381–416.