Crossword-Solution: ALERTA 6 letters, 12 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 6

After a long and tiring march through the water, during which we had to stop and take breath every now and again, whispering to each other, like Raffet's engraving of a similar reconnaissance, "Smoking is forbidden, but you can sit down if you like," we had got quite close to the glacis when we heard a shout of "Alerta!" from the sentries.

Numbers of slaves were running about, but they were all so busy that Alerta did not like to stop them.

Cuando llegó el buque á La Coruña había un sinnúmero de guardias aduaneras alerta, pues se decía que llevaba muchos géneros de contrabando.

The only moments when he remained motionless were at those intervals when it was necessary for him to pause and call out the usual phrase: "_Alerta, centinela_!" "I am sorry for the poor devil!" said Costal, "we must send him to keep guard in the next world." The wall behind which they had halted, although tumbled down and in ruins, still rose sufficiently high to screen the party from the eyes of the sentinel.

Half-past ten was tolled; the challenging of the sentries was heard as they were visited by the rounds; and then soon afterwards came the long-drawn admonition of "_Sentinela alerta!_" from the main guard, replied to in sharp quick tones by the "_Aleria esta_" of the sentries.