Second Aceh Expedition

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The Second Aceh Expedition was a major 19th-century Dutch colonial military campaign aimed at subduing resistance in the Aceh region of northern Sumatra.

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Second Aceh Expedition canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch colonial military expedition ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Dutch East Indies ⓘ
belligerent Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
Aceh Sultanate ⓘ
surface form: Sultanate of Aceh
cause Dutch desire to control Aceh’s strategic position in the Strait of Malacca ⓘ
failure of the First Aceh Expedition ⓘ
commander Jan van Swieten ⓘ
Jan van der Heijden ⓘ
conflict Aceh War ⓘ
conflictScope regional ⓘ
conflictType colonial war ⓘ
counterinsurgency campaign ⓘ
country Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
describedBySource Acehnese chronicles ⓘ
Dutch colonial military records ⓘ
endTime 1874 ⓘ
followedBy subsequent Aceh War counterinsurgency operations ⓘ
follows First Aceh Expedition ⓘ
hasEffect escalation of the Aceh War ⓘ
long-term guerrilla resistance in Aceh ⓘ
hasPart Siege of Kutaraja ⓘ
capture of Banda Aceh ⓘ
location Aceh ⓘ
Dutch East Indies ⓘ
northern Sumatra ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ⓘ
Royal Netherlands Navy ⓘ
notableFor capture of the Acehnese royal palace ⓘ
large-scale deployment of Dutch colonial forces ⓘ
objective establish Dutch control over Aceh ⓘ
subjugation of Aceh Sultanate ⓘ
participant Acehnese forces ⓘ
surface form: Acehnese irregular forces

Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ⓘ
Royal Netherlands Navy ⓘ
partOf Aceh War ⓘ
Dutch conquest of the Indonesian archipelago ⓘ
history of Indonesia ⓘ
history of the Netherlands ⓘ
result Dutch capture of the Acehnese capital ⓘ
continuation of Acehnese resistance ⓘ
significantPlace Banda Aceh ⓘ
Kutaraja ⓘ
startTime 1873 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of trade routes near the Strait of Malacca ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ

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Aceh War → hasPhase → Second Aceh Expedition ⓘ
First Aceh Expedition → followedBy → Second Aceh Expedition ⓘ