Korps Marechaussee te voet
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The Korps Marechaussee te voet (literally "marshal corps on foot") were a colonial
History
On 26 May 1890 the Korps Marechaussee was established. The Corps task was
The Corps was commanded by European officers and consisted half of Ambonese and the other half of Javanese soldiers. The Korps Marechaussee were concerned with detecting and disabling the Acehnese enemy.
Aceh War
In 1898
In 1903, the main secular Acehnese resistance leaders including
In the Netherlands at the time, Van Heutsz was considered a hero, named the 'Pacifier of Aceh' and was promoted to become governor-general of the entire Dutch Indies in 1904. A still-existent monument to him was erected in Amsterdam, though his image and name were later removed, to protest his violent legacy. The Dutch establishment defended its actions in Aceh by citing a moral imperative to liberate the masses from the oppression and backward practices of independent native rulers that did not meet accepted international norms. The Aceh War also encouraged Dutch annexation of other independent states in Bali, Moluccas, Borneo and Sulawesi between 1901 and 1910. Colonial influence in the remote highland areas of Aceh was never substantial, however, and limited guerrilla resistance led by religious
Elite corps
After 1890 the Corps continued as an elite corps of the KNIL;
- Specialized in offensive surprise tactics;
- Conducts intensive patrols deep into the jungle.
Lightly armed military police
The Korps Marechaussee were lightly armed, each soldier carrying a carbine version of the
Tactical concept
Eventually the Royal Dutch East Indies Army (KNIL) took over the tactical plan of the Korps Marechaussee entirely. The trooper-carbine became, in 1912, the standard weapon of all native soldiers of the KNIL.
References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20131102095205/http://www.defensie.nl/landmacht/cultureel/geschiedenis/het_leger_in_indi/oprichting_van_het_korps_marechaussee
- http://www.defensie.nl/media/the_roots_klein_tcm46-154293.pdf[permanent dead link]