Batèë Iliëk

Batèë Iliëk is a town in the Samalanga region, on the north coast of Aceh. Batèë Iliëk was an important stronghold during the Aceh War, which was impregnable until February 3, 1901. It was an important spiritual center and recruitment center for guerrilla fighters.

Lieutenant General J.B. van Heutsz with his staff during the attack on Batèë Iliëk, March 12, 1901

Attack on Batèë Iliëk in 1901, by Jan Hoynck van Papendrecht

Batèë Iliëk map from Beschrijving van de Atjeh-oorlog by Egbert Broer Kielstra (1883).

Sources

1900. W.A. Terwogt. Het land van Jan Pieterszoon Coen. Geschiedenis van de Nederlanders in oost-Indië. P. Geerts. Hoorn
1902. G. Kepper. Wapenfeiten van het Nederlands Indische Leger; 1816-1900. M.M. Cuvee, Den Haag.

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