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Roulers

American  
[roo-lairs, roo-ler] / ruˈlɛərs, ruˈlɛr /

noun

  1. a city in NW Belgium: battles 1914, 1918.


Roulers British  
/ ruːˈlɛəz, rulɛrs /

noun

  1. Flemish name: Roeselare.  a city in NW Belgium, in West Flanders province: electronics. Pop: 55 273 (2004 est)

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The 7th Division under Capper retired successively from Ghent to Aeltre, thence to Thielt, from Thielt to Roulers, and from Roulers to the south and east of Ypres.

From 1914 by French, John Denton Pinkstone, Earl of Ypres

On the east side of the ridge the land sloped up towards Poelcapelle and Roulers.

From "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders by Currie, John Allister

High above the trees and the distant red tiled roofs of Roulers I could see the spire of the Gothic Church of St. Michael.

From "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders by Currie, John Allister

As we approached Roulers, we found the town alive with people who had assembled to welcome that which they regarded as an army of deliverance from the dreaded Germans.

From With The Immortal Seventh Division by Kennedy, Edmund John

On September 30th they captured the city of Roulers.

From History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War by March, Francis Andrew