The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_East_Indies_Army" id="mwvw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal Netherlands East Indies Army">Dutch Colonial Army</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korps_Marechaussee_te_voet" id="mwwA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Korps Marechaussee te voet">Marechaussee</a> regiment led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_officer" id="mwwQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="General officer">General</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotfried_Coenraad_Ernst_van_Daalen" id="mwwg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Gotfried Coenraad Ernst van Daalen">G.C.E. van Daalen</a> launch a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aceh_War#Pacification" id="mwww" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Aceh War">military campaign</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_East_Indies" id="mwxA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dutch East Indies">Dutch East Indies</a>' <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Sumatra" id="mwxQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="North Sumatra">Northern Sumatra</a> region, leading to the deaths of thousands of civilians.<sup about="#mwt172" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-32"}}' id="cite_ref-32" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_8#cite_note-32" id="mwxg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 32;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwxw">[32]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt176" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-33"}}' id="cite_ref-33" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_8#cite_note-33" id="mwyA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 33;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwyQ">[33]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt180" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-34"}}' id="cite_ref-34" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_8#cite_note-34" id="mwyg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 34;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwyw">[34]</span></a></sup>
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