YOU SAID:
They have gone to tell him of the arrival of strangers
INTO JAPANESE
彼らは彼に見知らぬ人が来たことを知らせに行った
BACK INTO ENGLISH
they went to tell him that a stranger had come
INTO JAPANESE
彼らは見知らぬ人が来たことを彼に伝えに行きました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
they went to tell him that a stranger had come
That didn't even make that much sense in English.