Arongan 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 Meulaboh
In 1910 more than a hundred uitgewekenen reported themselves in March, among them many adherents of Tgk. Poeti’; in April the band of Tgk. Imeum Sradeuë’ was surprised in Wòjla and T. Adam fell on the Beneden Wòjla; in December Tgk. Poeti’ at last submitted with all his teungkoes, panglimas and sixty followers. In May 1911 the bivouacs Arongan, Tanòh Mirah and Reusa’ could be abolished in consequence of the favourable political situation in Wòjla and Boebon.
From Beneden Wòjla
After A. Geertsema Beckeringh obtained sufficient means of power in 1909, only the Beneden Wòjla, Boebon and Seunagan remained unquiet in the Meulaboh country. In April 1910 T. Adam fell on the Beneden Wòjla, at the cost of one more rifle to the resistance. In May 1911, in consequence of the favourable political situation in Wòjla and Boebon, the bivouacs Arongan, Tanòh Mirah and Reusa’ were abolished.
From Boebon
A mobile marechaussée column under captain Darlang temporarily occupied first the mouth of the Wòjla and later Boebon. In January 1910 a patrol under sergeant De Haas going up a tributary of the kr. Boebon in prauws fell into an ambush in which the commander and eight men lost their lives and eleven carbines disappeared, of which nine were fished up or handed in. In May 1911, in consequence of the favourable political situation in Wòjla and Boebon, the bivouacs Arongan, Tanòh Mirah and Reusa’ were abolished.
See Also
- Meulaboh
- Beneden Wòjla
- Boebon
- Tanòh Mirah
- H. N. A. Swart
- 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.