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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 Belgian Coast was cleared of the enemy and the Belgian cities of Bruges, Ostend, Zeebrugge, Roulers, Courtrai, Ghent, Audenarde, and Tournai were recaptured.

From America's War for Humanity by Thomas Herbert Russell

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 John Allister Currie

Among other targets, Menin, Roulers, Ledeghem, Cambrai, and Solesmes railway stations were bombed by British machines.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII) American Food and Ships; Palestine; Italy invaded; Great German Offensive; Americans in Picardy; Americans on the Marne; Foch's Counteroffensive. by Various

I had told Rawlinson that, whilst conforming to the general move east, he must keep an eye on the enemy's detachments known to be at Bruges and Roulers.

From 1914 by John Denton Pinkstone French, Earl of Ypres

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 Francis Andrew March

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