Hadji Aboe was a man of the kampong Lambaroe in the VI Moekims, identified by the colonial investigation as a participant in the ambush of 7 April 1876 on the Dutch patrol returning from the beach of Koewala Pantjoer, and named afterwards as the enemy who gathered the refugees of his burnt kampong into a fresh band in the summer of 1876.
The ambush and the burning of his house
The strict inquiry conducted by the controleur Michielsen after 7 April could prove only that this certain Hadji Aboe had taken part in the ambush that left five Dutch wounded dying within hours. He had made himself scarce; the only punishment that reached him was burning his house.
After May
The two friendly kampong heads who visited the Lampagar camp on the evening of 2 May told the officers — in the words reproduced by H. F. Meijer in Atjeh van 26 December 1875 tot 4 September 1876 (1883) — that they suspected Hadji Aboe, wishing to avenge the burning of his house, of gathering the refugees of his kampong with the purpose either of troubling the friendly people or of attacking the post of Lampagar itself. The investigating official afterwards learnt that the plotting of the night attack belonged to Panglima Moeda of Piëng; but at the beginning of August 1876 new reports reached the Dutch that about 600 enemies under Hadji Aboe had gathered in the mountains between the IV and VI Moekims with the purpose of attacking Lampagar again — and named the signatories of the report as the heads Hadji Soliman and Hadji Laoet.
See Also
- Koewala Pantjoer patrol ambush (7 April 1876)
- Night attack on Lampagar (2-3 May 1876)
- Lampagar
- Guerilla warfare in Groot-Atjeh
Source
Atjeh van 26 December 1875 tot 4 September 1876, door H. F. Meijer (Breda: P. B. Nieuwenhuijs, 1883), chapter VII, pp. 156, 168–172, 252.