Boreel — Toean Boreel (in the Acehnese idiom of the old hunter Datoek) — was a patrol commander of the Korps Marechaussee van Atjeh en Onderhorigen in Aceh, one of the great patrol commanders of the prang (the Aceh War). In Oost-Indisch Journael by Merac (1947), Boreel is one of the sobat kras (heavy friends) whom Datoek names in the chapter Jagerslatijn.
Datoek’s sobat kras
“I was a ‘heavy friend’ with Toean Kristoppel, and Toean General Van Heutsz, and Toean Scheepens, and Toean Darlang, and Toean Boreel, and Toean Governor Swart. Very many, and all very brave.” Datoek’s list of his sobat kras (heavy friends) includes Toean Boreel — Boreel. The Toean Boreel — the Acehnese idiom for Boreel — is the book’s — and Datoek’s — memory of the patrol commander who was a heavy friend of the old hunter.
Significance
Boreel is significant in Oost-Indisch Journael as one of Datoek’s sobat kras — the patrol commander who was a heavy friend of the old hunter. The book’s argument — that Datoek was a heavy friend of the great patrol commanders of the prang — is the book’s marker of the Acehnese hunter’s sobat kras with the colonial army. Boreel is therefore one of the book’s patrol commanders of the prang: the Toean Boreel who was a heavy friend of Datoek.
Datoek’s sobat kras
“I was a ‘heavy friend’ with Toean Kristoppel, and Toean General Van Heutsz, and Toean Scheepens, and Toean Darlang, and Toean Boreel, and Toean Governor Swart. Very many, and all very brave.” Datoek’s list of his sobat kras (heavy friends) includes Toean Boreel — Boreel. The Toean Boreel — the Acehnese idiom for Boreel — is the book’s — and Datoek’s — memory of the patrol commander who was a heavy friend of the old hunter.
Significance
Boreel is significant in Oost-Indisch Journael as one of Datoek’s sobat kras — the patrol commander who was a heavy friend of the old hunter. The book’s argument — that Datoek was a heavy friend of the great patrol commanders of the prang — is the book’s marker of the Acehnese hunter’s sobat kras with the colonial army. Boreel is therefore one of the book’s patrol commanders of the prang: the Toean Boreel who was a heavy friend of Datoek.
Lam Meulò and Pidië
Swart placed Boreel in command of the principal bivouac in the plain of Pidië, Lam Meulò. In 1910 Boreel at Lam Meulò and Schmidt at Tangsé became “de gangmakers” of the campaign in Pidië, Schmidt confining himself by commission to the destruction of the remaining Tirò Teungkoes. In August 1910 Boreel settled with Tgk. Aron, though not completely: six followers were rendered harmless and two of the eight rifles taken at Keudé Garot returned to the Kompeuni. He was subsequently transferred to the Gajòland, being succeeded at Lam Meulò by captain F. P. A. van Gheel Gildemeester.
Poelò Raja
Van Heutsz recorded in his letter to minister Idenburg of July 1908 that “Boreel in the Poelò Raja country did likewise and reported it now and then without receiving any comment on it” — that is, travelled without military escort, contrary to Van Daalen’s prohibition.
See Also
- Oost-Indisch Journael
- Datoek
- Christoffel
- Gouverneur-Generaal Van Heutsz
- Overste Scheepens
- Darlang
- Generaal Swart
- Atjeh-oorlog
- H. N. A. Swart
- H. J. Schmidt
- Lam Meulò
- Pidië
- F. P. A. van Gheel Gildemeester
- Corps of Military Constabulary of Atjeh and Dependencies
- Westkust van Atjeh
Source
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), chapter Jagerslatijn
Boreel — Toean Boreel (in the Acehnese idiom of the old hunter Datoek) — was a patrol commander of the Korps Marechaussee van Atjeh en Onderhorigen in Aceh, one of the great patrol commanders of the prang (the Aceh War). In Oost-Indisch Journael by Merac (1947), Boreel is one of the sobat kras (heavy friends) whom Datoek names in the chapter Jagerslatijn.
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), Chapter IX, p. 91; Chapter XI, pp. 106–108; Chapter XV, p. 145 and illustration p. 152.