Qoraa sii wadida faqradan - Bishii Juun 1943, Roberts wuxuu ku wareejiyay Guutada 26aad ee Gaashaaman Brigadier Richard Hull waxaana dib loogu celiyay Boqortooyada Ingiriiska, halkaas oo lix bilood uu ku amray Guutada 30aad ee Gaashaaman, qayb ka mid ah Qaybta 79aad ee Gaashaaman ee Major General Percy Hobart. Markii la aqoonsaday inuu khabiir ku yahay dagaalka gaashaaman, Roberts, oo 37 jir ah, ayaa loo dalacsiiyay inuu noqdo sarkaal sare oo ficil ah 6dii Diseembar 1943 wuxuuna noqday Sarkaalka Guud ee Taliyaha (GOC) ee Qaybta 11aad ee Gaashaaman (the "Black Bull"), isagoo ka beddelay Major General Brocas Burrows. wuxuu hogaamin jiray qeybta waqooyi galbeed ee yurub
laga soo billaabo 1944 ilaa 1945.