Roulers

American  

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

noun

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

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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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Roulers

It is situated on a tributary of the Yser called the Yperlee, and a railway runs through it from Roulers to the main Lille-St.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12) The War Begins, Invasion of Belgium, Battle of the Marne by Francis Trevelyan Miller

We left Roulers for Ypres," he says, "at 9.30 a.m.

From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 by James Edward Parrott

By this time, however, the 22nd Brigade had advanced some six miles from Zonnebeke to the neighbourhood of the straight road and the parallel railway which connect Roulers and Menin.

From The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres by Ernest W. Hamilton

We were marched to Roulers, which we reached well after dark.

From The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland by George Pearson

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 Ernest W. Hamilton

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