text_original: Where towers were employed for the attack, the defenders sought to destroy them with fire; and where mounds of earth were thrown up against the walls, they would dig holes at the base of the wall against which the mound rested, and carry off the earth which the enemy were heaping up; which, being removed from within as fast as it was thrown up from without, the mound made no progress.
text_transcription: WHERE TOWERS WERE EMPLOYED FOR THE ATTACK THE DEFENDERS SOUGHT TO DESTROY THEM WITH FIRE AND WHERE MOUNDS OF EARTH WERE THROWN UP AGAINST THE WALLS THEY WOULD DIG HOLES AT THE BASE OF THE WALL AGAINST WHICH THE MOUND RESTED AND CARRY OFF THE EARTH WHICH THE ENEMY WERE HEAPING UP WHICH BEING REMOVED FROM WITHIN AS FAST AS IT WAS THROWN UP FROM WITHOUT THE MOUND MADE NO PROGRESS
phonemes: wˌɛɹ tˈaʊɚz wɜːɹ ɛmplˈɔɪd fɚðɪ ɐtˈæk, ðə dᵻfˈɛndɚz sˈɔːt tə dᵻstɹˈɔɪ ðˌɛm wɪð fˈaɪɚ; ænd wˌɛɹ mˈaʊndz ʌv ˈɜːθ wɜː θɹˈoʊn ˌʌp ɐɡˈɛnst ðə wˈɔːlz, ðeɪ wʊd dˈɪɡ hˈoʊlz æt ðə bˈeɪs ʌvðə wˈɔːl ɐɡˈɛnst wˌɪtʃ ðə mˈaʊnd ɹˈɛstᵻd, ænd kˈæɹi ˈɔf ðɪ ˈɜːθ wˌɪtʃ ðɪ ˈɛnəmi wɜː hˈiːpɪŋ ˈʌp; wˈɪtʃ, bˌiːɪŋ ɹᵻmˈuːvd fɹʌm wɪðˌɪn æz fˈæst æz ɪt wʌz θɹˈoʊn ˌʌp fɹʌm wɪðˈaʊt, ðə mˈaʊnd mˌeɪd nˈoʊ pɹˈɑːɡɹɛs.