Karel van der Heyden was a Dutch general and Civil and Military Governor of Aceh during the early phase of the Aceh War.
Military Career and Service in Aceh
General Van der Heyden conducted major military campaigns across the valley of Groot-Atjeh prior to 1884 and led early assaults against the mountain stronghold at Batèë Ilië. His tenure was followed on 19 August 1884 by the adoption of the defensive Concentratie-Stelsel.
See Also
- Korps Maréchaussée te voet in Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden
- Joannes Benedictus van Heutsz
- Louis Adriaan Snell
Account from Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu
Conquered the whole of Groot-Atjeh. His method of occupying strategic points (rather than holding a concentrated line) was revived in 1893. Warned against premature civilian rule but his warnings were ignored in 1881.
Source: J. Jongejans, Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 323, 324.
Source
Het Korps Maréchaussée in Atjeh: De Atjehsche Garde 1890 - 2 April 1930, Het Nieuws van den Dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië, Extra Jubileum-nummer, Batavia, 2 April 1930, pp. 5–20.
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. 323, 324.