dag-ap frem-ə bæ‛w fi‛wd
This is how what the man said can be written in phonetic text (see
list of the sounds here).
Notes:
dag-ap
= "dug up", the final G Sound of "dug" becomes the first sound
of "up".
frem-ə
= "from a", he final M Sound of
"from" becomes the first sound of "a".
bæ‛w
fii‛wd = "battle
field", a Dark W instead of the middle-class Dark L in both
words, the general case in cockney pronunciation, a Short I is used
instead of a long one.