On 12 February 1904 Dutch troops had arrived at the destination, in the Gayo Laut area, about 50 kilometers from Takengon. But once the Dutch set foot in the village near Ketol, was greeted with the first fierce battle, where the Dutch troops suffered casualties, both dead and wounded.
On the way to Takengon, the Dutch troops ceaselessly resisted, until they succeeded in setting up their base in Kung village, about 7 kilometers from Takengon. From this newly established base, Dutch troops conducted a military operation around Gayo Laut. Although the resistance of the Gayo people was quite fierce, and almost every area that Dutch troops went through was fighting, but eventually the Gayo Laut area fell into the hands of the colonial troops.
After the Dutch troops managed to seize the Gayo Laut area, its military operations advanced towards Gayo Lues, where on 9 March 1904, his troops had reached Kla area, which is the entrance area of Gayo Lues. Unlike the battles at Gayo Laut, here the people strengthen their defenses with fortresses built from soil mixed with rocks.
Around it is made of spiked thorn wooden fence, and coated with bamboo thorn live plants, which Gayo people call 'uluh kaweh' in layers. Then also mounted bamboo spiky and pointed wood in the form of mines.