text_original: When I wrote you ten days ago  it seems a year  I told you that we were to follow the frontier from Belfort through Toul and Verdun with a side trip to Metz, then on to Maubeuge and into Belgium. The men have a passion for forts, and they were obliged to go to Metz for business. "On the evening of the 28th, just as we reached Verdun, the news came that Austria had at last declared war.
text_transcription: WHEN I RODE YOU TEN DAYS AGO IT SEEMS A YEAR I TOLD YOU THAT WE WERE TO FOLLOW THE FRONTIER FROM BELFORD THROUGH TOOL AND VERDON WITH A SIDE TRIP TO METZ BEEN KNOWN TO NEW BURGH AND INTO BELGIAN THE MEN HAVE A PASSION FOR FORTS AND THEY WERE OBLIGED TO GO TO MATZ FOR BUSINESS ON THE EVENING OF THE TWENTY EIGHTH JUST AS WE REACHED FOR DONE THE NEWS CAME THAT AUSTRIA HAD AT LAST DECLARED WAR
phonemes: wˌɛn aɪ ɹˈoʊt juː tˈɛn dˈeɪz ɐɡˈoʊ ɪt sˈiːmz ɐ jˈɪɹ aɪ tˈoʊld juː ðæt wiː wɜː tə fˈɑːloʊ ðə fɹʌntˈɪɹ fɹʌm bˈɛlfɔːɹt θɹuː tˈaʊl ænd vˈɜːdʌn wɪð ɐ sˈaɪd tɹˈɪp tə mˈɛts, ðˈɛn ˌɔn tə mˈɔːbjuːdʒ ænd ˌɪntʊ bˈɛldʒəm. ðə mˈɛn hæv ɐ pˈæʃən fɔːɹ fˈɔːɹts, ænd ðeɪ wɜːɹ əblˈaɪdʒd tə ɡˌoʊ tə mˈɛts fɔːɹ bˈɪznəs. "ɔnðɪ ˈiːvnɪŋ ʌvðə twˈɛnti ˈeɪtθ, dʒˈʌst æz wiː ɹˈiːtʃt vˈɜːdʌn, ðə nˈuːz kˈeɪm ðæt ˈɔːstɹiə hæd æt lˈæst dᵻklˈɛɹd wˈɔːɹ.