Generaal J. H. R. Köhler was a General, leader of the first Aceh expedition mentioned in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in connection with Aceh. Led the first Aceh expedition.
Role
General, leader of the first Aceh expedition
Account from Jongejans
Led the first Aceh expedition. The great meuseugit was conquered but General Köhler was killed. Troops disembarked at Batavia on 10 May 1873.
Significance
Generaal J. H. R. Köhler appears in Jongejan’s account as one of the figures shaping the history of Aceh during the period covered by the book.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 394.