Pante Ceureumen, Uleelheu, Kota Banda Aceh, the first landing site for Dutch troops during the First Aggression. On Monday April 6, 1873, shortly after war had been declared, the first Dutch troops landen at Pante ceureumen, under the command of General JHR Kohler.
The Dutch force mobilized to fight the Acehnese were comprised of: 6 warships, 2 goverenment supply ship, 5 small steamships, 8 patrol boats, 1 flagship, 6 troopships, 5 sailing vessels. The Dutch flet was under the command of Captain JF Koopman. The Dutch army consisted of: 168 officers, 3.198 enlisted men, 31 officers’ horses, 149 cavalry horses, 1.000 forced labourers with foreen, 220 native women, 300 native men as servants to the officers.
Major General JHR Kohler was assisted by his depity, Vice Commander Colonel EC van Daalen, who commanded the Infantry, and with a Chief of Staff, Vice Chief of Staff, ajudatants, battalion leaders, a detachment of army angineers, a medical division, and a topographic unit.
As soon at they reached the shore, the Dutch troops were immediately attacked by Acehnese fighters. Only ofter several days of fighting and considerable resistance, did the Dutch finally gain control of the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Kutaraja (now known as Banda Aceh) on April 10, 1873. However, persistent attacks the Acehnese fighters, led by Teuku Imum Lueng Bata, among other, forced the Dutch to leave the Grand Mosque several days later.
On April 14, 1873 the Dutch troops once again attempted to control the Grand Mosque. During the combat, General Kohler was shot and killed by Acehnese troops. Three day after General Kohler’s death, the Dutch withdrew to the coast. After obtaining permission from the Wast Indies government in Batavia (now known as Jakarta) on April 23, 1873, the Dutch left Aceh on April 29, 1873. The first act of aggression by the Dutch was a total failure.