Captain Haga — the brave Captain Haga — was a captain of the colonial army in Aceh who, in Oost-Indisch Journael by Merac (1947), is named as the example of the belabberen (encircling-and-searching patrol) method’s danger: the soldiers who were wounded or killed by friendly fire during a belabberen operation. Haga is the book’s — and Musket’s — marker of the belabberen’s friendly fire: the brave captain who was wounded or killed by friendly fire during the encircling and searching of kampongs, kampong complexes, and isolated dwellings.
The belabberen and friendly fire
“Sometimes on such occasions soldiers were wounded or killed by friendly fire, as for example the brave Captain Haga.” Sometimes on such occasions — that is, during the belabberen (the encircling and searching) — soldiers were wounded or killed by friendly fire, as for example the brave Captain Haga. The belabberen’s friendly fire — the friendly fire that wounded or killed the soldiers who encircled and searched — is the book’s — and Musket’s — marker of the belabberen’s danger: the belabberen that was more decorative than effective and that could wound or kill the soldiers by friendly fire.
Significance
Captain Haga is significant in Oost-Indisch Journael as the example of the belabberen method’s friendly fire — the brave captain who was wounded or killed by friendly fire during a belabberen operation. The book’s argument — that the belabberen was more decorative than effective and that it could wound or kill the soldiers by friendly fire — is the book’s — and Musket’s — marker of the belabberen’s danger. Haga is therefore the book’s marker of the belabberen’s friendly fire: the brave captain who was wounded or killed by friendly fire.
See Also
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 Sloebers
Captain Haga — the brave Captain Haga — was a captain of the colonial army in Aceh who, in Oost-Indisch Journael by Merac (1947), is named as the example of the belabberen (encircling-and-searching patrol) method’s danger: the soldiers who were wounded or killed by friendly fire during a belabberen operation. Haga is the book’s — and Musket’s — marker of the belabberen’s friendly fire: the brave captain who was wounded or killed by friendly fire during the encircling and searching of kampongs, kampong complexes, and isolated dwellings.
The belabberen and friendly fire
“Sometimes on such occasions soldiers were wounded or killed by friendly fire, as for example the brave Captain Haga.” Sometimes on such occasions — that is, during the belabberen (the encircling and searching) — soldiers were wounded or killed by friendly fire, as for example the brave Captain Haga. The belabberen’s friendly fire — the friendly fire that wounded or killed the soldiers who encircled and searched — is the book’s — and Musket’s — marker of the belabberen’s danger: the belabberen that was more decorative than effective and that could wound or kill the soldiers by friendly fire.
Significance
Captain Haga is significant in Oost-Indisch Journael as the example of the belabberen method’s friendly fire — the brave captain who was wounded or killed by friendly fire during a belabberen operation. The book’s argument — that the belabberen was more decorative than effective and that it could wound or kill the soldiers by friendly fire — is the book’s — and Musket’s — marker of the belabberen’s danger. Haga is therefore the book’s marker of the belabberen’s friendly fire: the brave captain who was wounded or killed by friendly fire.
See Also
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 Sloebers.