I've come across a reference to the Canadians using lorry mounted trench mortars at 2nd Arras in 1918 but no other detail. Anybody know anything about this?
Gen. Sir Martin Farndale in the "History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, Western Front 1914-18" states "In July 1918, a plan was drawn up to make the Newton (6") mortar mobile. This would need more men if it was achieved and the plan included the abolition of the remaining heavy batteries, which had never been a real success, to provide them. The plan was just ready when the war ended."
Col. G.W.L. Nicholson in "The Gunners of Canada, Vol. 1, 1534-1919" comments that during the battle of Amiens, the Canadian artillery adopted mule-drawn wagons to make the 6" medium mortars more mobile, but he makes no mention of motorized mortars during the hundred days battles. I'll continue to check my references, and post again if anything turns up.
