As the fighting died down late Friday night, it was not immediately clear whether the army offensive would end.
Earlier in the day, the secretary said pressing on with the army offensive would not end terror.
Army offensive, to be led by Xavier, many more of her followers would die.
Two months later, on October 28, an army offensive was launched from the city against rebel territory.
The number of rebel fighters dead or missing in the Army offensive had risen to 50.
A few anti-government protests were still ongoing even after the army offensive.
Peiper had many worries for the man who would spearhead the greatest German army offensive since 1943.
The government's uncompromising position was expressed on the fourth day of an army offensive in Aceh Province.
The government said it would no longer tolerate the demands for independence by the rebels, who have resisted successive army offensives for nearly 30 years.
The rebels, who have been dispersed from this town and other areas by the army offensive, have continued to insist that they remain interested in negotiating.