text_original: In the meantime, the three hundred men on the walls kept up a shower of arrows on the enemy. The battering rams, which consisted of trees stripped of their branches, and some forty feet long and ten inches thick, did their work and, by the time the entrance was secure, the Malays poured in with exultant shouts.
text_transcription: IN THE MEANTIME THE THREE HUNDRED MEN ON THE WALLS KEPT UP A SHOWER OF ARROWS ON THE ENEMY THE BATTERING RAMS WHICH CONSISTED OF TREES STRIPPED OF THEIR BRANCHES AND SOME FORTY FEET LONG AND TEN INCHES THICK DID THEIR WORK AND BY THE TIME THE ENTRANCE WAS SECURE THE MELEES POURED IN WITH EXULTANT SHOUTS
phonemes: ɪnðə mˈiːntaɪm, ðə θɹˈiː hˈʌndɹɪd mˈɛn ɔnðə wˈɔːlz kˈɛpt ˌʌp ɐ ʃˈaʊɚɹ ʌv ˈæɹoʊz ɔnðɪ ˈɛnəmi. ðə bˈæɾɚɹɪŋ ɹˈæmz, wˌɪtʃ kənsˈɪstᵻd ʌv tɹˈiːz stɹˈɪpt ʌv ðɛɹ bɹˈæntʃᵻz, ænd sˌʌm fˈɔːɹɾi fˈiːt lˈɔŋ ænd tˈɛn ˈɪntʃᵻz θˈɪk, dˈɪd ðɛɹ wˈɜːk ænd, baɪ ðə tˈaɪm ðɪ ˈɛntɹəns wʌz sᵻkjˈʊɹ, ðə məlˈeɪz pˈɔːɹd ɪn wɪð ɛɡzˈʌltənt ʃˈaʊts.