Lam Njong 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 Het Pacificeerende Bestuurswerk 1908-1918
At Lam Njong a busy pasar cattle market arose on the site of the former benteng, and Swart was again authorised to dispose of 10,000 guilders as compensation to T. Maharadja Djeumpa, acting oelèëbalang of Peusangan, for the loss of his possessions through the doings of ill-disposed persons.
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
- Het Pacificeerende Bestuurswerk 1908-1918
- benteng
- 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.