Samahani

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descriptionSamahani was a kampong in the VII Moekims Baid of Groot-Atjeh, which was occupied by a Dutch bataljon of infantry with hulp-wapens (supporting arms) in late August 1896. The bivak of Samahani served as a forward Dutch position for the operations in the VII Moekims Baid and the XXV and XXVI Moekims in the second semester of 1896.
tagsplace, kampong, bivak, forward-position, groot-atjeh, aceh-war, 1896, stemfoort, kruisheer-vol3, hoofdstuk-iii, vii-moekims-baid
aliasesSamahani, the kampong of Samahani, the bivak of Samahani, Samahani (Groot-Atjeh)

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Samahani was a kampong in the VII Moekims Baid of Groot-Atjeh, which was occupied by a Dutch bataljon infanterie met hulp-wapens (bataljon of infantry with supporting arms) in late August 1896 — bezetting van Samahani door een bataljon infanterie met hulp-wapens. The bivak (camp) of Samahani served as a forward Dutch position for the operations in the VII Moekims Baid and the XXV and XXVI Moekims in the second semester of 1896. The occupation of Samahani formed part of the broader Dutch forward movement of the second semester of 1896 — the slow, methodical extension of Dutch control from the geconcenteerd linie into the surrounding sagi’s, which characterised the pacificatie (pacification) under Stemfoort’s second tenure.

The Strategic Context

By late August 1896, the Dutch had established the permanent occupation of Kroeng-Raba (Lok-Nga) on 15 July 1896 and were conducting the trip to the XXII Moekims of 23–27 August 1896. The occupation of Samahani — in the VII Moekims Baid, north of the XXII Moekims — was undertaken in the same period, and formed part of the broader Dutch forward movement of the second semester. The bivak (camp (bivak)) of Samahani was garrisoned by a bataljon infanterie met hulp-wapens — a bataljon of infantry with supporting arms, typically including a section of mountain artillery and a detachment of engineers — and served as the base for the verschillende patrouilles in de VII Moekims Baid, in de XXV en XXVI Mockims (various patrols in the VII Moekims Baid, in the XXV and XXVI Moekims) which were conducted in the autumn of 1896.

The Bivak and the Patrouilles

The bivak (camp (bivak)) of Samahani — bivak Samahani — was established as a forward Dutch position in late August 1896, and was maintained through the autumn of 1896. The bivak (camp (bivak)) served as the base for the verschillende patrouilles (various patrols) which were conducted in the VII Moekims Baid and in the XXV and XXVI Moekims, and which formed the principal Dutch military activity of the autumn of 1896. The bivak (camp (bivak)) was still in operation in 1913 — the date of Kruisheer’s ATJEH ‘96 — Tweede Deel — and was one of the permanent Dutch forward positions which had been established in the second semester of 1896.

Significance

Samahani is significant in the documentary record of ATJEH ‘96 — Tweede Deel as a forward Dutch position in the VII Moekims Baid — the third Dutch forward position beyond the geconcenteerd linie in the second semester of 1896, after the occupation of Kroeng-Raba (Lok-Nga) of 15 July 1896 and the construction of the Blang Bintang camp of 7 September 1896. The bivak (camp (bivak)) of Samahani — garrisoned by a bataljon of infantry with supporting arms — served as the base for the various patrols in the VII Moekims Baid and in the XXV and XXVI Moekims, and represented the slow, methodical extension of Dutch control which characterised the pacificatie (pacification) of the second semester of 1896 under Stemfoort’s second tenure.

See Also

Source

ATJEH ‘96. Tweede Deel (2c Deel), door A. Kruisheer, Kapitein der Infanterie O.I.L., met 3 kaarten en 6 portretten (Weltevreden: N.V. Boekhandel Visser & Co, 1913). Instituut Kern, Leiden. OCR-filename: 20260715_163243_DLP-90-Atjeh_96_DLP-89-Atjeh_96_Met_3_kaarten_en_6_DOORA_KRUISHEER_Kapiteinder_Infanterie_nemoretriever-ocr-v1_OCR.txt., pp. 8, 100–101, 125, 239.

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