text_original: The ground around the village of Malplaquet had at one time been a mere forest, and although much of it had lately been cleared, cultivated, and made habit  able, it was still thickly wooded here and there, and the troops who now occupied it had every opportunity of making their resistance strong and their defeat costly. The battle of Malplaquet was fought on the 11th of September, 1709.
text_transcription: THE GROUND AROUND THE VILLAGE OF MALPLAQUET HAD AT ONE TIME BEEN A MERE FOREST AND ALTHOUGH MUCH OF IT HAD LATELY BEEN CLEARED AND CULTIVATED AND MADE HABITABLE IT WAS STILL THICKLY WOODED HERE AND THERE AND THE TROOPS WHO NOW OCCUPIED IT HAD EVERY OPPORTUNITY OF MAKING THEIR RESISTANCE STRONG AND THEIR DEFEAT COSTLY THE BATTLE OF MONT PLAQUET WAS FOUGHT ON THE ELEVENTH OF SEPTEMBER SEVE
phonemes: ðə ɡɹˈaʊnd ɚɹˈaʊnd ðə vˈɪlɪdʒ ʌv mˌælplˈækeɪ hæd æt wˈʌn tˈaɪm bˌɪn ɐ mˈɪɹ fˈɔːɹɪst, ænd ɔːlðˈoʊ mˈʌtʃ ʌv ɪt hæd lˈeɪtli bˌɪn klˈɪɹd, kˈʌltᵻvˌeɪɾᵻd, ænd mˌeɪd hˈæbɪt ˈeɪbəl, ɪt wʌz stˈɪl θˈɪkli wˈʊdᵻd hˈɪɹ ɐnd ðˈɛɹ, ænd ðə tɹˈuːps hˌuː nˈaʊ ˈɑːkjʊpˌaɪd ɪt hæd ˈɛvɹi ɑːpɚtˈuːnᵻɾi ʌv mˌeɪkɪŋ ðɛɹ ɹᵻsˈɪstəns stɹˈɔŋ ænd ðɛɹ dᵻfˈiːt kˈɔstli. ðə bˈæɾəl ʌv mˌælplˈækeɪ wʌz fˈɔːt ɔnðɪ ɪlˈɛvənθ ʌv sɛptˈɛmbɚ, wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvənhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪn.