Countdown on the Great War, October 21, 1918: Germany calls a halt to the U-boat war, Fatigue and Illness catch up with the Desert Mounted Corps

Maj. General Peter E. Traub, C.O. 35th Division, learning a few points about moving picture camera from 1st. Lieut. E.W. Weigle. Location: Sommedieu, Meuse, France. Date: October 21, 1918. Taken by: Pvt. Price, SC. NARA Ref#: 111-SC-51079

1.  The U-boat war ends as Germany suspends submarine warfare and orders the boats to return to port.  Before it receives the order, the UB-94 sank the British coaster Saint Barchan.  Eight of her crew died in the sinking.

Saint Barchan wasn't the only ship lost that day.  The USS Cero was destroyed by fire in Narragansett Bay, being a casualty to an accident as so many things and people did during the war.  The MMML 561, a British motor launch, was lost at sea. The British cargo ship Moscow was scuttled by the British at Petrograd to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Reds.  The German UB-89 collided with the SMS Frankfurt at Keil, to the loss of seven lives.

2.  Allenby is forced to reorganize the Desert Mounted Corps due to illness and exhaustion in his troops.