Lam-Krak / Lam-Djamé — written in Dutch as also Lam-Krak Moekim, Lam-Djamé for the kampong in the northern rand of Lam-Krak, Lam-Djamee — was the kampong and mukim that gave its name to the broader Lamkrak complex, the site of two redoutes near the northern rand attacked on 9 June 1896 by von Schauroth’s compagnie, and the location of the fortified mosque of Lam-Krak (a listed target of the tuchtiging of 9–10 June 1896). As described in Kruisheer’s ATJEH ‘96, both bentings at Lam-Krak / Lam-Djamé were taken by Blankenstein and Kuipers.
Description and Location
Lam-Krak / Lam-Djamé lay in the northern rand of the Lamkrak complex — the “streek tusschen Biloel en Ana Galoeng en benoorden het gebergte gelegen” (the region between Biloel and Ana’ Galong, north of the mountains). The kampong of Lam-Djamé was situated in the northern rand of the Lam-Krak moekim, and was the site of two redoutes (bentings) that were attacked on 9 June 1896. The fortified mosque of Lam-Krak — also called Missigit Lam-Krak — was a listed target of the tuchtiging of 9–10 June 1896 and was fired upon by the marine on 8 June–9 June 1896. The kampong was bounded on the north by the Lam-Lheuë mukim (with its Kling fortification of Mon Selassa / Mon Seulassa) and on the south by the Ateuh moekim. The graveyard of Lam-Krak was a site to be located by maréchaussée brigades, and the fortified guardhouse by the holy grave of Teungkoe Lam-Bira was in the Moekim Lam-Krak.
Historical Background
Lam-Krak / Lam-Djamé had been the central kampong and mukim of the broader Lamkrak complex throughout the Atjeh-oorlog. The kampong had been a base for hostile benden operating against the buitenposten of the buitenlinie — particularly Biloel and Lamkoenjit. The fortified mosque of Lam-Krak was a particularly strong Achehnese position, and was a listed target of the 1893 legioen of T. Djohan. The 1878 campaign of Generaal van der Heiden had passed through the Lam-Krak country, and the 1893 legioen of T. Djohan had operated in the area. The Koeta Binasa Baroe versterking in the kampong-grand of Lam-Krak was one of the listed Achehnese fortifications of the mukim.
Role in the 1896 Operations
Lam-Krak / Lam-Djamé was the scene of major combat on 9 June 1896 in the course of the tuchtiging of the Lamkrak Moekims. Two redoutes (bentings) near the northern rand of Lam-Krak were attacked by the compagnie of von Schauroth; both bentings were taken by Blankenstein and Kuipers. The fortified mosque of Lam-Krak was a listed target of the tuchtiging and was presumably destroyed in the course of the operation. The Missigit Lam-Krak was fired upon by the marine on 8 June–9 June 1896. On 10 June 1896 the Dutch operations continued with the destruction of remaining versterkingen in the Lamkrak. The graveyard of Lam-Krak was a site to be located by maréchaussée brigades in the course of the tuchtiging. The fall of Lam-Krak / Lam-Djamé, together with the fall of Ateuh Raja and Baha on the same day, broke the back of organised Achehnese defence in the Lamkrak complex.
Significance
Lam-Krak / Lam-Djamé was the central kampong and mukim of the broader Lamkrak complex and the symbolic heart of the hostile southern mukims. The fall of its two redoutes on 9 June 1896 and the destruction of its fortified mosque were the decisive acts of the tuchtiging of 9–10 June 1896 and broke the back of organised Achehnese defence in the Lamkrak.
See Also
- Tuchtiging of Lam-Krak Moekims (9–10 June 1896)
- J. A. M. M. von Schauroth
- Masdjid
- Masdjid Lam-Krak
- Lamkrak Moekims
- Ateuh Raja
- Baha
- Biloel
- Teuku Umar
- 1896
Source
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. 252–254, 593.