‘The ground appointed to each Regiment, by the Quarter-Master-General for them to march to in case of an Alarm from the enemy.’ Bailey, 1721.
1794. Nelson, in Nicolas’s Disp. (1845), I. 386. Our troops … in ten minutes at farthest would be at the bridge from the alarm-posts.
1844. Regul. & Ord. Army, 180. Although a Regiment or a Division may remain for a single night only in a quarter, yet an Alarm-Post is invariably to be established.
