text_original: "The position is not so strong as it was. If we had had more bamboos, I should have set our men to dig another ditch, and defend it like the first; but they are all used up, now. I wish we had some rockets; so that we could send up one, from time to time, and see what they are doing."
text_transcription: THE POSITION IS NOT SO STRONG AS IT WAS IF WE HAD HAD MORE BAMBOOS I SHOULD HAVE SET OUR MEN TO DIG ANOTHER DITCH AND DEFEND IT LIKE THE FIRST BUT THEY ARE ALL USED UP NOW I WISH WE HAD SOME ROCKETS SO THAT WE COULD SEND UP ONE FROM TIME TO TIME AND SEE WHAT THEY ARE DOING
phonemes: "ðə pəzˈɪʃən ɪz nˌɑːt sˌoʊ stɹˈɔŋ æz ɪt wˈʌz. ɪf wiː hæd hæd mˈɔːɹ bæmbˈuːz, aɪ ʃˌʊdəv sˈɛt ˌaʊɚ mˈɛn tə dˈɪɡ ɐnˈʌðɚ dˈɪtʃ, ænd dᵻfˈɛnd ɪt lˈaɪk ðə fˈɜːst; bˌʌt ðeɪ ɑːɹ ˈɔːl jˈuːzd ˈʌp, nˈaʊ. aɪ wˈɪʃ wiː hˌæd sʌm ɹˈɑːkɪts; sˌoʊ ðæt wiː kʊd sˈɛnd ˈʌp wˌʌn, fɹʌm tˈaɪm tə tˈaɪm, ænd sˈiː wʌt ðeɪ ɑːɹ dˈuːɪŋ."