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J. B. van Heutsz
J. B. van Heutsz was a Dutch general who brought the Aceh War to its decisive phase. From 1898, as military governor of Aceh and advised by Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, he hunted the guerrillas with mobile Marechaussee units and forced the sultan's surrender in 1903. As governor-general of the Dutch East Indies from 1904 to 1909 he completed Dutch control of the outer islands through the Short Declaration and military expeditions.
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