21st October 1918
Western Front
British push on; stubborn resistance.
Belgians three miles from Ghent, across Derivation Canal to Eede (Dutch frontier).
French advance between Rivers Serre and Oise; stubborn fighting north of Verdun.
Sir Douglas Haig's despatch of 20 July, on March and April withdrawal, published.
Southern Front
Italians fighting on Asiago and Grappa fronts.
French capture convoy of lighters at Lom Palanka (Danube).
Political, etc.
German reply to U.S.A. Note of 14 October issued.
King George receives Inter-Parliamentary delegates.
German Governor-General of Belgium "pardons" Belgians and neutrals convicted by Court Martial.
Belgian Bill for German damage already nearly 400 million pounds.
Ship Losses:
USS Cero (United States Navy) The patrol vessel was destroyed by fire in Narragansett Bay. Her crew were rescued.
Saint Barchan (United Kingdom) The coaster was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off St. John's Point, County Down by SM UB-94 ( Imperial German Navy) with the loss of eight of her crew.
HMML 561 (Royal Navy) The motor launch was lost on this date.
Moscow (United Kingdom) The cargo ship was scuttled at Petrograd to prevent her capture by Bolshevik forces.
SM UB-89 (Imperial German Navy) The Type UB III submarine collided with SMS Frankfurt ( Imperial German Navy) at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein (54°21′N 10°10′E) and sank with the loss of seven lives. She was raised on 30 October.
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