Rost van Tonningen 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 H. N. A. Swart
Swart’s own recollection, given to du Croo at the age of seventy-nine, was characteristically plain: “I was lucky that day. I was then serving with the 2nd Ambonese company. And with four Ambonese I was the first man in. But as I sprang over the parapet into the stronghold I at once had a shot through the left upper arm” (“I was lucky that day … but as I jumped over the parapet into the benteng I at once had a shot through my left upper arm”). The Ambonese behind him had a finger shot away. The battalion band played, the colours were planted, the Wilhelmus rang out; Van Teijn and Van Heutsz came into the fortification and Van Heutsz tapped him on the shoulder: “you brought that off, my boy!” (“you brought that off, my boy!”). The artillery commander Rost van Tonningen — later army commander — said to him: “Swart, come and have a glass of beer with me!”
From Attack on the Boekit Roembia (11 June 1890)
He also remembered the artillery commander, captain Rost van Tonningen — later army commander — saying to him after he was bandaged: “Swart, come and have a glass of beer with me!”
See Also
- H. N. A. Swart
- Attack on the Boekit Roembia (11 June 1890)
- 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.