Mandabat tamen egressis, ut tamquam hoste protinus occursuro, tutius graderentur, stationesque nocturnas agerent et vigilias, ne improviso hostium invaderentur excursu.
He also charged them, when they left, to be on their guard as they marched, as if the enemy were to meet them at once, and at night to keep watch and ward, so as not to be surprised by a hostile attack.
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