text_original: On September 23, 1779, the little squadron sighted a British fleet of forty sail off Flamborough Head. They were merchantmen bound for the Baltic under convoy of the Serapis, forty four, and the Countess of Scarborough, twenty.
text_transcription: ON SEPTEMBER TWENTY THREE SEVENTEEN SEVENTY NINE THE LITTLE SQUADRON SIGHTED A BRITISH FLEET OF FORTY SAIL OFF FLAMBROE HEAD THEY WERE MERCHANTMEN BOUND FOR THE BALTIC UNDER CONVOY OF THE SHRUPPEST FORTY FOUR AND THE COUNTESS OF SCARBOROUGH TWENTY
phonemes: ˌɔn sɛptˈɛmbɚ twˈɛnti θɹˈiː, wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvənhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti nˈaɪn, ðə lˈɪɾəl skwˈɑːdɹən sˈaɪɾᵻd ɐ bɹˈɪɾɪʃ flˈiːt ʌv fˈɔːɹɾi sˈeɪl ˈɔf flˈæmbəɹˌoʊ hˈɛd. ðeɪ wɜː mˈɜːtʃɐntmˌɛn bˈaʊnd fɚðə bˈɔltɪk ˌʌndɚ kˈɑːnvɔɪ ʌvðə sˈɛɹæpiz, fˈɔːɹɾi fˈɔːɹ, ænd ðə kˈaʊntɛs ʌv skˈɑːɹbəɹˌoʊ, twˈɛnti.