Kohler
Ucapan Kohler yang terkenal pada saat-saat maut merenggut jiwanya: "0, God, ik ben
getroffen!"("Ya Tuhan, aku terkena peluru!")
Major General J.H.R. Kohler, Commander of the Dutch troops which landed in Aceh for the
first time on April 6, 1873. On April 10 the Dutch troops succeeded in taking over Mesjid
Raya (Grand Mosque), but at that very night they were forced to withdraw due to the fierce
counterattack of the Acehnese fighters
On April 14, the Dutch dispatched their whole force to recapture the mosque, and they
succeeded again. However, on that same day General Kohler was shot dead by an Acehnese
sharpshooter. This made the whole plans of the Dutch fall apart and forced them to withdraw
Kohler's famousj words toward the end of his life: "0, God ik ben getroffen" ("0, God, I am
hit")