Roulers
Americannoun
noun
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On November 6, 1917, the indomitable Canadians began a daring drive that resulted in the capture of Passchendaele village northeast of Ypres, a key position dominating the plain of Roulers.
The 3rd Cavalry Division was driven back to the line Zonnebeke—St. Julien—Pilkem by infantry and guns advancing from Roulers.
From 1914 by French, John Denton Pinkstone, Earl of Ypres
The Royal Irish Rifles worked up the Roulers railway to the level crossing, and captured two German officers and thirty prisoners.
From From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 by Gibbs, Philip
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
Throughout that night a constant stream of refugees passed through Zonnebeke on their way westward from Roulers, which was burning.
From The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres by Hamilton, Ernest W.
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