Millard County Chronicle | 1915-09-16 | Page 3 | Australian Firing a Trench Mortar

AUSTRALIAN FIRING A TRENCH MORTAR . x, ' ;VW This remarkable looking weapon, which is being used with telling effect against the Turks in the Dardanelles campaign, is a trench mortar, one of the new engines of war which has been brought into play during the present European war. It is mounted on boxes, and judging from the way It is handled when fired there is considerable risk to the pointer or operator of the weapon, for while one arm directs the fire of the mortar the other arm pulls the slug which sets it off.