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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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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A frightful fate met a German division which was brought up in the afternoon near Roulers to be hurled against the Londoners and Highlanders.

From From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 by Philip Gibbs

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

Tam found the way to Roulers barred by an Archie barrage which it would have been folly to challenge.

From Tam o' the Scoots by Edgar Wallace

The Russians were going on from one success to another, and large entrainments of German troops were reported at Roulers, Thourout, Tourcoing, and other places.

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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