The guards alerted the local farmers and the Home Guard.

Further radio monitoring revealed to the Japanese that the U. S. Asiatic Fleet had been alerted at 4: 00 am of the attack on Pearl Harbor, and they expected attacks on their own bases by B-17s ( bombing through the fog undercast ) at any time after 7: 00 am The air defense weaknesses of the FEAF were mirrored by those of the Japanese, who had prepared only for offensive operations, but no attack came before a final revised plan was issued at 7: 50 am, ordering the main attack force of Japanese land-based aircraft to launch at 9: 15 am and attack at 12: 30 pm

He alerted mission control to the problem before setting up the television camera and planting the flag of the United States with Duke.

* Paul Revere's Ride alerted Colonial militia of approaching British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord, as dramatized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, " Paul Revere's Ride.

At 09: 01, two minutes before impact as United Airlines Flight 175 continued its descent into Lower Manhattan, the New York Center alerted another nearby Air Traffic Facility responsible for low-flying aircraft, which was able to monitor the aircraft's path over New Jersey, and then over Staten Island and New York Harbor in its final moments.

The column that was to attack Mount Independence was delayed, and its numerous defenders were alerted to the action at the fort below before the attack on their position began.

Although initially successful in this venture, " it was not long before African naval forces were alerted to the new dangers, and the Portuguese ships began to meet strong and effective resistance ", with the crews of several of them being killed by African sailors, whose boats were better equipped at traversing the west African coasts and river systems.

Palpatine is first alerted to Thrawn's tactical genius before the rise of the Empire, when he is still the Chancellor of the Republic.

On March 12, 2003, just over nine months after the abduction, Mitchell, who was now wanted by police for questioning, was spotted traveling with two companions in Sandy, Utah, by an alert biker who had heard of the kidnapping on America's Most Wanted the night before, and alerted police.

Dacko's personal advisers alerted him that Bokassa " showed signs of mental instability " and needed to be arrested before he sought to bring down the government, but Dacko did not heed these warnings.

Lafayette alerted Washington of his suspicions about the plot before leaving.

In remote areas of the world with few local observers, fires could rage out of control for days or even weeks and consume millions of acres before authorities are alerted.

Police began an investigation regarding Tedeschi around a week before the news was made public after a division of the Bank of Italy alerted police to two transactions involving the IOR that were deemed suspicious.

The District Political Conference was held at Harsud sometime before August, 1942 had alerted the people for impending struggle.

Wolverine's enhanced senses alerted him to Taskmaster's presence and allowed him to anticipate the attack, which would have harmed him as well, and allowed him to get out of the way before it hit.

It alerted the police before the Hyderabad blasts and gave repeated warnings of a possible attack on Mumbai through the sea before the November 2008 Mumbai attacks.

The train passed over the bridge before it collapsed and the driver alerted authorities.

Workmen in the area heard the plane pass overhead shortly before crashing and alerted the German authorities, who arrived quickly.

However, one airport claims that their FOD detection system may have paid for itself in a single incident where personnel were alerted to a steel cable on the runway, before a single aircraft was put at risk.

The day before his sentencing he attempted to hang himself, but was stopped after another inmate alerted guards.

She had escaped for an hour and was on top of the Sumatran Tiger nighthouse before a group of school children alerted staff.

He subsequently alerted Jackson, before telephoning Major Bob Hagerty — officer commanding 1st APC Squadron — to warn him of the possible requirement for his standby troop.

Kendall's radio messages alerted Scotland Yard and Inspector Dew was dispatched to Canada on the faster ship, the White Star Line's, and arrived in Canada before Montrose.

An unidentified Saints player first alerted the NFL to the scheme in the 2010 offseason, but the investigation stalled until the NFL found irrefutable evidence of a bounty system just before the 2011-12 playoffs.

The rapid warning of Revere, Dawes, and Samuel and Abel Prescott alerted the Minutemen of this region in time for them to engage the British Army at the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

The rapid warning of Revere, Dawes, and Samuel and Abel Prescott alerted the Minutemen of this region in time for them to engage the British Army at the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

The policy officer lives with his antennae alerted for the questions which fall within his range of responsibility.

You may say this has little pertinence, but, gentlemen, remember that all this prepared my mind, alerted my intelligence.

The entire membership of the local church must be alerted to their part in this dynamic process.

Hill initially believed the call was a hoax and referred the matter to the Brandeis University campus police who alerted the FBI.

Oryphas, the admiral of the Byzantine fleet, alerted the emperor Michael, who promptly put the invaders to flight ; but the suddenness and savagery of the onslaught made a deep impression on the citizens.

The 1st Armored Division was sent to Georgia, and five army divisions were alerted for maximal action.

Russian and British troops were quickly alerted, but the two powers reached a compromise ; Russia was in possession of the oasis, and Britain believed it could keep the Russians from advancing any farther.

General Carleton, alerted to Allen's presence, mustered every man he could, and, in the Battle of Longue-Pointe, scattered most of Allen's force, and captured him and about 30 men.

The Under-secretary, Sir Matthew Nathan, was alerted by the shots and helped close the castle gates.

In order to gain weaponry, some of the Red Guards located along the Viipuri-Tampere railway had been alerted beforehand, on 23 – 26 January, to safeguard Russian trains carrying a heavy shipment of weapons to the Finnish Reds, as agreed between Ali Aaltonen and V. I.

The police were alerted about the man due to an urgent message from Israeli intelligence.

When Philip of Macedon was about to attack the city, according to the legend she alerted the townspeople with her ever present torches, and with her pack of dogs, which served as her constant companions.

In the hypothetical example, this would assist the litigation process, because for example, if the injured person states that the driver ought to have alerted the third party, the driver may be aware that the law imposes no such duty, and can issue a motion ( or application ) to the court to have that part of the claim dismissed.

The CIA broke into his hotel room and photocopied his passport, which gave them his full name, birth information and passport number for the first time, and alerted them that he held an entry visa to the United States.

It is unclear whether Philby had been alerted, but he began suffering nervous breakdowns and increasing alcoholism.

This discovery alerted geologists to the existence of a new class of rare earth deposit, the rare-earth bearing carbonatite, other examples of which soon surfaced, particularly in Africa and China.

Only the presence of numerous dead fish alerted Latvian inhabitants to the danger.

The Pythons were alerted to this one morning and he was promptly included in the scene that just happened to be being filmed.

She alerted Cortés to the danger and even pretended to be cooperating with her native informants while Cortés foiled their plot to trap his men.

The receiver checks ( polls ) for the availability of the message by attempting a receive, or is alerted to it via some notification mechanism.

On 2 July 1976 the Montoneros detonated a powerful bomb in the Argentine Federal Police in Buenos Aires, killing 24 and injuring 66 people. On 10 July 1976, policemen surround and enter a printing house in the San Andrés suburb of Buenos Aires in an effort to free Vicecomodore Roberto Echegoyen from the Montoneros, but the alerted guerrillas shoot their hostage in the head.