text_original: It was a convenient possession for the French com  116 '*THE CAMPAIGN"— BLENHEIM mander as a starting   point for the conduct of his operations^ and if he could only have cleared Marl  borough and Eugene out of the field, it would have been a convenient place to return to, and would have served as the scene of new preparations. The French troops who fell back upon it, and occupied it after the defeat of the main army, soon found that it was impossible to hold it as a place of arms. They had the English army in front and the Danube behind.
text_transcription: IT WAS A CONVENIENT POSSESSION FOR THE FRENCH COMMANDER AS A STARTING POINT FOR THE CONDUCT OF HIS OPERATIONS AND IF HE COULD ONLY HAVE CLEARED MARLBOROUGH AND EUGENE OUT OF THE FIELD IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A CONVENIENT PLACE TO RETURN TO AND WOULD HAVE SERVED AS THE SCENE OF NEW PREPARATIONS THE FRENCH TROOPS WHO FELL BACK UPON IT AND OCCUPIED IT AFTER THE DEFEAT OF THE MAIN ARMY SOON FOUND THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO HOLD IT AS A PLACE OF ARMS THEY HAD THE ENGLISH ARMY IN FRONT AND THE DANUBE BEHIND
phonemes: ɪt wʌzɐ kənvˈiːnɪənt pəzˈɛʃən fɚðə fɹˈɛntʃ kˈɑːm wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪkstiːn ˈæstɚɹˌɪsk ðə kæmpˈeɪn"— blˈɛnhaɪm mˈændɚɹ æz ɐ stˈɑːɹɾɪŋ pˈɔɪnt fɚðə kˈɑːndʌkt ʌv hɪz ˌɑːpɚɹˈeɪʃənz ænd ɪf hiː kʊd ˈoʊnli hæv klˈɪɹd mˈɑːɹl bˈʌɹoʊ ænd jˈuːdʒiːn ˌaʊɾəv ðə fˈiːld, ɪt wʊdhɐv bˌɪn ɐ kənvˈiːnɪənt plˈeɪs tə ɹᵻtˈɜːn tuː, ænd wʊdhɐv sˈɜːvd æz ðə sˈiːn ʌv nˈuː pɹˌɛpɚɹˈeɪʃənz. ðə fɹˈɛntʃ tɹˈuːps hˌuː fˈɛl bˈæk əpˌɑːn ɪt, ænd ˈɑːkjʊpˌaɪd ɪɾ ˈæftɚ ðə dᵻfˈiːt ʌvðə mˈeɪn ˈɑːɹmi, sˈuːn fˈaʊnd ðˌɐɾɪt wʌz ɪmpˈɑːsᵻbəl tə hˈoʊld ɪɾ æz ɐ plˈeɪs ʌv ˈɑːɹmz. ðeɪ hæd ðɪ ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ ˈɑːɹmi ɪn fɹˈʌnt ænd ðə dˈænuːb bᵻhˈaɪnd.