text_original: Tournay was splendidly fortified, and its defen  sive works had long been regarded as the noblest illustration of Vauban's engineering skill. The town was taken in about a month, but the defend  ing forces then withdrew into the citadel, and there bravely held out for yet another month and more.
text_transcription: TOURNAY WAS SPLENDIDLY FORTIFIED AND ITS DEFENSIVE WORKS HAD LONG BEEN REGARDED AS THE NOBLEST ILLUSTRATION OF VAUBON'S ENGINEERING SKILL THE TOWN WAS TAKEN IN ABOUT A MONTH BUT THE DEFENDING FORCES THEN WITHDREW INTO THE CITADEL AND THERE BRAVELY HELD OUT FOR YET ANOTHER MONTH AND MORE
phonemes: tˈʊɹneɪ wʌz splˈɛndɪdli fˈɔːɹɾᵻfˌaɪd, ænd ɪts dᵻfˈɛn sˈaɪv wˈɜːks hæd lˈɔŋ bˌɪn ɹᵻɡˈɑːɹdᵻd æz ðə nˈoʊbəlɪst ˌɪləstɹˈeɪʃən ʌv vˈɔːbənz ˌɛndʒɪnˈɪɹɪŋ skˈɪl. ðə tˈaʊn wʌz tˈeɪkən ɪn ɐbˌaʊt ɐ mˈʌnθ, bˌʌt ðə dᵻfˈɛnd ˈɪŋ fˈɔːɹsᵻz ðˈɛn wɪθdɹˈuː ˌɪntʊ ðə sˈɪɾədˌɛl, ænd ðɛɹ bɹˈeɪvli hˈɛld ˈaʊt fɔːɹ jˈɛt ɐnˈʌðɚ mˈʌnθ ænd mˈɔːɹ.