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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Example Sentences

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

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 Parrott, James Edward

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.

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 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