Gotfried Coenraad Ernst "Frits" van Daalen was a Dutch military officer of the Royal Dutch East Indies Army who served as the Governor of Aceh from 1905 until 1908. During the Aceh War, van Daalen and
Frits van Daalen
Van Daalen
The infamous photograph of the Koetö Réh rebel stronghold in Alasland after the KNIL troops destroyed it that swayed Dutch public opinion against Van Daalen's brutal approach during the final stages of the Aceh War.
Kuta Reh massacre
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The Kuta Reh massacre was committed by the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army on 14 June 1904 in present-day Kuta Rih, Aceh during the Aceh War. Troops of the Korps Marechaussee te voet under general
Trenches strewn with corpses in Kuta Reh after its capture on 14 June 1904. On the left a number of Dutch troops can be seen.
Nicolaes Visscher Indiae Orientalis