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Name: Second Dutch offensive

Type: Event

Start: 1874 AD

End: 1875 AD

Parent: Aceh War

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Was a Dutch military campaign to occupy the interior of the Sultanate of Aceh during the Aceh War.

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  • January 1875: The Dutch occupiers abolished the Acehnese Sultanate and declared Aceh to be annexed to the Dutch East Indies proper.
  • February 1874: By January 1874, deteriorating conditions forced Sultan Mahmud Syah and his followers to abandon Banda Aceh and retreat to the interior. Meanwhile, Dutch forces occupied the capital city (modern Banda Aceh) and the harbour town of Ulee Lheue.

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