 On 31 October, "Strassburg" carried the first military governor of the captured islands from Libau to Arensburg.By October 1918, "Strassburg" was assigned to the IV Scouting Group, which was to participate in a final, climactic attack by the High Seas Fleet.Admirals Reinhard Scheer and Hipper intended to inflict as much damage as possible on the British navy, in order to secure a better bargaining position for Germany, whatever the cost to the fleet.