Pulau Bras (Dutch: Poeloe Bras) is an island off the north-western tip of Aceh, near Poeloe Nassie and Poeloe Wai. During the Aceh War it was used on occasion as a staging point. On 23 December 1885 a party from the warship Palembang doing target practice on the island was surprised by an armed band from the VI Moekims; one man was killed before the raiders withdrew.
Lighthouse in 1874
Jan van Swieten recorded the construction of a lighthouse on Pulau Bras during the later 1874 phase of the Aceh War, alongside reconnaissance of Maraksa and naval operations involving the VI Mukim.
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Brooshooft, Mr. P. Geschiedenis van den Atjeh-oorlog 1873–1886. Utrecht: F. B. van Ditmar, 1886, p. 272 (p. 293 OCR).
De waarheid over onze vestiging in Atjeh: met eene kaart van Atjeh en een plan van den Kraton, by J. van Swieten (Zalt-Bommel: Joh. Noman en Zoon, 1879), pp. 1–465.