Siroen was a Dutch military post in the southern section of the geconcentreerde stelling (concentrated position) in Groot-Atjeh. The post was established on 14 November 1884.
Location
Siroen was situated in the southern section of the geconcentreerde stelling, between Lampermej and Lambaroe.
Establishment
Siroen was established on 14 November 1884, following the completion of a usable path from Lambaroe. Workers were occasionally troubled by enemy fire, but no casualties were suffered.
Fortification (1885)
Siroen was:
Type: A post with 50-man Infantry garrison Armament: 2 × 12cm breech-loading guns
Significance
Siroen helped complete the southern section of the perimeter, providing coverage of routes between Lampermej and Lambaroe.
Account from Verstege’s Een beroep op het Nederlandsche volk (1886)
Verstege names Siroen (also spelled Seroen in the official journal) one of the eighteen posts of the line of 1885, and adds: it was the only fortification of the new line that the projected belt tramway would not pass along; at the clearing of the ground between Lambaroe and Siroen on 6 April 1885 the Dutch had two dead and ten wounded; and on 9 June 1885, at the building of a dyke near Siroen, luitenant Veerman and two workers were wounded (see Guerilla raids inside the concentration line (1885)).
See Also
Source
De Geconcentreerde Stelling in Groot-Atjeh, ‘s-Gravenhage: De Gebroeders Van Cleef, 1885, p. 25.
Een beroep op het Nederlandsche volk in zake het Atjeh-vraagstuk, door J. J. W. E. Verstege (Amsterdam: J. H. de Bussy, 1886), pp. 81, 83, 109. OCR: DLP-158.