De Haas is a subject named in General Swart, Pacifier of Atjeh (1943) by M. H. du Croo, in connection with the history of Atjeh and the governorship of H. N. A. Swart.
Account in du Croo’s Generaal Swart (1943)
From Westkust van Atjeh
Setbacks continued: in January 1910 a patrol under sergeant De Haas going up a tributary of the kr. Boebon in prauws was ambushed, the commander and eight men being killed and eleven carbines lost, of which nine were recovered. In March 1909 Waki Him made an old-fashioned klewang attack in Seunagan costing eleven wounded, but which brought him and three of his men their end as sjahid. In October 1910 lieutenant S. van Eendenburg was killed by a klewang blow near Keudé Blang Bajoe in Seunagan by the band-head Pang Timoe.
From Boebon
A mobile marechaussée column under captain Darlang temporarily occupied first the mouth of the Wòjla and later Boebon. In January 1910 a patrol under sergeant De Haas going up a tributary of the kr. Boebon in prauws fell into an ambush in which the commander and eight men lost their lives and eleven carbines disappeared, of which nine were fished up or handed in. In May 1911, in consequence of the favourable political situation in Wòjla and Boebon, the bivouacs Arongan, Tanòh Mirah and Reusa’ were abolished.
From The resistance in Atjeh 1908–1912
But — “and that remains the eternal setback” — in January a patrol going up a tributary of the kr. Boebon in prauws under sergeant De Haas fell into an ambush in which the commander and eight men lost their lives and no fewer than eleven carbines disappeared, of which nine were however fished up or handed in.
See Also
- Westkust van Atjeh
- Boebon
- The resistance in Atjeh 1908–1912
- H. N. A. Swart
- General Swart, Pacifier of Atjeh (1943)
- Atjeh
Source
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.