American museum narration

Profile photo for Julian Worricker
0:00
Elearning
38
1

Description

This recording earned five stars from the client. I was asked to record the words of a letter, written by a British soldier, during the American war of independence. It formed part of a museum exhibit in the US.

Vocal Characteristics

Language

English

Voice Age

Middle Aged (35-54)

Accents

British (General) British (Received Pronunciation - RP, BBC)

Transcript

Note: Transcripts are generated using speech recognition software and may contain errors.
I marched at nine o'clock with the first brigade and two field pieces in order to cover the retreat of the Grenadiers and light Infantry in their return from their expedition to Concorde. At about two o'clock, I met them, retiring through the town of Lexington. I immediately ordered the two field pieces to fire at the rebels and drew up the brigade on a height. The shot from the cannon had the desired effect and stopped the rebels for a little time as it began. Now to grow pretty late, and we had 15 miles to retire and only 36 rounds. I ordered the grenadiers and light infantry to move off first and covered them with my brigade, sending out very strong flanking parties, which were absolutely very necessary as there was not a stone wall or house, though before in appearance, evacuated from whence the rebels did not fire upon us in this manner. We retired for 15 miles under incessant fire all around us till we arrived. But Charles town between seven and eight in the evening and having expended almost all our ammunition, we had the misfortune of losing a good many men in the retreat