text_original: Macnaghten indignantly rejected them. Everything went wrong with him, however. We were beaten again and again by the Afghans. Our officers never faltered in their duty ; but the melancholy truth has to be told that the men, most of whom were Asiatics, at last began to lose heart and would not fight the enemy.
text_transcription: MACNOTTON INDIGNANTLY REJECTED THEM EVERYTHING WENT WRONG WITH HIM HOWEVER WE WERE BEATEN AGAIN AND AGAIN BY THE AFGHANS OUR OFFICERS NEVER VAULTED IN THEIR DUTY BUT THE MELANCHOLY TRUTH AS TO BE TOLD THAT THE MEN MOST OF WHOM WERE ASIATICS AT LAST BEGAN TO LOSE HEART AND WOULD NOT FIGHT THE ENEMY
phonemes: mˈæknætən ɪndˈɪɡnəntli ɹᵻdʒˈɛktᵻd ðˌɛm. ˈɛvɹɪθˌɪŋ wɛnt ɹˈɔŋ wɪð hˌɪm, haʊˈɛvɚ. wiː wɜː bˈiːʔn̩ ɐɡˈɛn ænd ɐɡˈɛn baɪ ðɪ ˈæfɡænz. ˌaʊɚɹ ˈɑːfɪsɚz nˈɛvɚ fˈɔltɚd ɪn ðɛɹ dˈuːɾi ; bˌʌt ðə mˈɛləŋkˌɑːli tɹˈuːθ hɐz təbi tˈoʊld ðætðə mˈɛn, mˈoʊst əv hˈuːm wɜːɹ ˌeɪʒɪˈæɾɪks, æt lˈæst bɪɡˈæn tə lˈuːz hˈɑːɹt ænd wʊd nˌɑːt fˈaɪt ðɪ ˈɛnəmi.