During the Aceh War the Acehnese klewang proved very effective in close quarters combat against the sabre-wielding Dutch troops and the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army. Mobile troops armed with carbines and klewang succeeded in suppressing Aceh resistance where traditional infantry with rifle and bayonet had failed.

Dutch ships, men of war, started to fire and to bombard the coast. On April 6 the colonial forces landed on muddy Pantai / Beach Ceureumen, east of Ulee Lheue / Olehleh and west of Aceh River. Almost instantly nine colonial soldiers were killed and 47 wounded, mostly by surprising Acehnese klewang-attacks from the surrounding bush. 1.4.

The Cot Jang (also known as Gliwang, Tjot Jang, Klewang Cok Jang, Klewang Tjok Jang, Klewang Tjok Jang, Tjo Jang, Tjok Ilang, Tjok Jang, Tioq Jang or Tjot Jang) is a sword from Aceh and North Sumatra, Indonesia.

During the Aceh War the Acehnese klewangs proved very effective in close quarters combat with Dutch troops and the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army adopted a heavy cutlass, also called klewang, to counter it.

The Aceh War (Indonesian: Perang Aceh), also known as the Dutch War or the Infidel War (1873–1904), was an armed military conflict between the Sultanate of Aceh and the Kingdom of the Netherlands which was triggered by discussions between representatives of Aceh and the United States in Singapore during early 1873. [8]

During the Aceh War the acehnese klewangs proved very effective in close quarters combat with Dutch troops and the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army adopted a heavy cutlass, also called klewang, to counter it.

From 1873 to 1904, a protracted armed military conflict broke out between the Sultanate of Aceh and the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Southeast Asia. During this war, the Klewand of Aceh was very effective in close combat against the saber-wielding Dutch …

In the advanced form with the Klewang basket, it was first used in 1898 by the Royal Dutch Army in the fight against rebel guerrilla units in the Province of Aceh (Atjeh) in Sumatra, Indonesia, in the latter part of the Aceh War of 1873-1904.

Jan 3, 2017 · The BoPo 1897 stated that the Marechaussee in Aceh “… were armed with a klewang with a steel blade taken from a number of Acinese blades fitted with the hilt of a cavalry sword.” Some of these makeshift swords have survived but are exceedingly rare.

The klewang was originally a native Atjeh sword: 'gliwang'. Towards the end of the 19th century it became a characteristic feature of the Dutch East Indian soldier's uniform. The sword widens at the tip of the blade which, together with the handle, forms a curved line. .