Kempees, Jean Chrétien Jacques. - De tocht van overste van Daalen door de Gajo-, Alas- en Bataklanden 8 februari tot 23 juli 1904.

Amsterdam, J.C. Dalmeijer, [1905]. 265 pp. 29 b./w. plts (photographs), 5 b./w. maps & 1 small plan. Bound in modern 20th century binding (blue cloth, orig. front cover mounted on front boards). 8vo. - Book block partly loose in binding.The photographic images were taken by the Dutch health officer 2nd class H.M. Neeb during the tour through Aceh. - - The journey described here through the Gajo, Alas and Batak countries in 1904 during the Aceh War was led by the Dutch Lieutenant Colonel Gotfried Coenraad Ernst van Daalen (1863 - 1930). The march resulted in a large number of deaths among the population; It is estimated that more than a quarter of the inhabitants of the sparsely populated Gajo and Alas countries were killed: 2,902 people, including 1,159 women and children. The battle for Koeto Reh on June 14, 1904 is also described by contemporaries as a massacre due to the large number of deaths among the population and the fact that not a single defender was left alive. The march was praised by military sources at the time for the speed with which this counter-guerrilla was carried out. However, in political The Hague, the high number of victims among the population led to fierce discussions. The result was that public and parliamentary opinion turned against military policy in Aceh. # Cat. NSHM I, p. 521.