Koeta Poetoih 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 Teungkoe di Tjòt Plieng
After the fall of Garot on 1 June 1898, van Heutsz crossed and re-crossed Pidië, and “the stubbornly defended stockades Koeta Poetoih of Teungkoe di Tjòt Plieng were taken.”
From Van Heutsz’s Pidië campaign (1898)
Van Heutsz crossed and re-crossed Pidië. The stubbornly defended bentengs Koeta Poetoih of Teungkoe di Tjòt Plieng were taken; the bands of the other resistance leaders were relentlessly hunted; T. Oemar had to withdraw to the mountains and chose as his residence the unreachable Tangsé.
From benteng
At the Boekit Roembia Swart “sprang over the parapet into the stronghold* (“fortified stockade”)” and was at once shot through the arm. In 1898 van Heutsz took the stubbornly defended bentengs Koeta Poetoih of Teungkoe di Tjòt Plieng. I. Feenstra recalled in 1918 that in the days of the older generals “there was much shooting, and stockades, cannon and barbed wire were needed.” At Lam Njong a busy pasar cattle market later arose on the site of the former benteng.
See Also
- Teungkoe di Tjòt Plieng
- Van Heutsz’s Pidië campaign (1898)
- benteng
- 1898
- 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.