Lam-Goet — written in Dutch as also Lam Goet — was a kampong in the V Moekims Montassik of T. Rajoet and the residence of the district head Toekoe Hoesin Lehong Bata. As described in Kruisheer’s ATJEH ‘96, Lam-Goet was the object of a chastisement on 14 April 1896 in which the fortification was stormed and an iron 9 c.M. cannon was destroyed with dynamite. The versterkingen of Lam-Goet were subsequently brought back into a state of defence. Lam-Goet was attacked again on 17 June 1896 by the compagnie of Kapitein Linck of the 12e Bataljon, in the course of the tuchtiging of the V Moekims Montassik of 16–17 June 1896, and was occupied without resistance and burned. The kampong is situated on the road from Lam-Goet to Tjot Rang.
Lamgoe was a place in Groot-Atjeh occupied by the 12e Bataljon on 24 May 1896, the second day of the three-day battle in the Beradin pass, together with Lamoedjong after the advance from Lamtengah on Lamroekan.
Description and Location
Lam-Goet lay in the V Moekims Montassik between the XXVI Moekims on the east and the III Moekims Kerkoen on the north. The kampong was the residence of the district head Toekoe Hoesin Lehong Bata — also written Toekoe Hoesin Long Bata — one of the most active Achehnese war-leaders of the Atjeh-oorlog. The kampong had a fortification armed with an iron 9 c.M. cannon, which was destroyed with dynamite in the tuchtiging of 14 April 1896. The kampong was situated on the road from Lam-Goet to Tjot Rang, and was connected by road to the blokhuis of Lamgoet in the XXVI Moekims (which was the blokhuis residence of T. Hoesin Long Bata). The kampong was bounded on the south by the Kroeng Lingkar and on the east by the III Moekims Daroe.
Historical Background
Lam-Goet had been the residence and power-base of Toekoe Hoesin Lehong Bata throughout the Atjeh-oorlog. The bendehoofd was one of the most-active Achehnese war-leaders, drawing Pedireezen mercenaries from the Westkust and conducting raids against the buitenposten of the buitenlinie. The kampong had been fortified with a versterking armed with an iron 9 c.M. cannon, and was a constant target of Dutch operations. After the defection of 29 March 1896 T. Hoesin Long Bata aligned himself openly with Umar and his Pedireezen became a major element of the hostile forces in the V Moekims Montassik.
Role in the 1896 Operations
Lam-Goet was the object of two Dutch chastisements in 1896. On 14 April 1896 the tuchtiging of Lam-Goet was conducted: the fortification was stormed by a Dutch column, the iron 9 c.M. cannon was destroyed with dynamite, and the versterkingen were overrun. The versterkingen of Lam-Goet were subsequently brought back into a state of defence by T. Hoesin Long Bata. On 17 June 1896 the compagnie of Kapitein Linck of the 12e Bataljon attacked Lam-Goet in the course of the tuchtiging of the V Moekims Montassik of 16–17 June 1896; the kampong was occupied without resistance and burned. On 5 June 1896 T. Hoesin Long Bata was killed in the valley of Beradin by a maréchaussée patrol, removing the principal Achehnese war-leader of the V Moekims Montassik. On 20 June 1896 the area around Lam-Goet was patrolled by Dutch troops in the course of the four-column show-of-force. The kampong is mentioned in Teuku Umar’s letters as one of the kampongs he ordered to be defended with breech-loaders.
Significance
Lam-Goet was the power-base of Toekoe Hoesin Lehong Bata, one of the most active Achehnese war-leaders of the Atjeh-oorlog, and the principal strongpoint of the V Moekims Montassik. Its repeated tuchtiging in 1896 and the death of its bendehoofd on 5 June 1896 broke the back of organised Achehnese resistance in this region. The kampong’s fortification with an iron 9 c.M. cannon — destroyed with dynamite — was a notable feature of its defences.
See Also
- T. Hoesin Lhongbatta
- Tuchtiging van Lam Goet (14 April 1896)
- Tuchtiging der V Moekims Montassik (16–17 June 1896)
- P. Linck
- V Moekims Montassik
- Tjot Rang
- Kroeng Lingkar
- bendehoofd
- benteng
- 1896
- Three-day battle in the Beradin pass (23-25 May 1896)
- Groot-Atjeh
- Schetsen uit den strijd op Groot-Atjeh (1911)
Sources
ATJEH ‘96, door A. Kruisheer, Kapitein der Infanterie O.I.L., met 2 kaarten en 4 portretten (Weltevreden: N.V. Boekhandel Visser & Co, 1913). Instituut Kern, Leiden. OCR-filename: 20260715_163243_DLP-89-Atjeh_96_Met_2_kaarten_en4_DOORA_KRUISHEER_Kapiteinder_Infanterie_nemoretriever-ocr-v1_OCR.txt, pp. 83, 86–87, 129, 313–314, 316, 532.
Schetsen uit den strijd op Groot-Atjeh, met speciaal vervaardigde kaart en toepasselijke photo’s, bewerkt door P. H. R. Beuming, oud-onderofficier van het Ned.-Indische Leger (Amsterdam, December 1911; uitgegeven ten bate van het te stichten Herstellingsoord voor Rijks-Ambtenaren). Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen, Br N 82-144
Acknowledgement of sources. The material in this article derives from Schetsen uit den strijd op Groot-Atjeh, met speciaal vervaardigde kaart en toepasselijke photo’s, bewerkt door P. H. R. Beuming, oud-onderofficier van het Ned.-Indische Leger (Amsterdam, December 1911). Dutch passages are quoted in the original with an English rendering.