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Notes by Sir Edward Grey, 3rd Bt, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, commenting on telegrams from Capt [(William Archibald) Howard] Kelly, Naval Liaison Officer with the French Marine, concerning the use by the French authorities of British troops at Salonika, Greece, for a naval demonstration at Athens, Greece, without the consent of the War Office (see 7/4/22 and 24). 3pp.

Notes on a British Cabinet meeting for the attention of FM Sir John Denton Pinkstone French, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, requesting information concerning the lines of defence and retreat of the French, German, British and Belgian forces, and suggesting an Anglo-French strategy conference. 1p.

Notes of a conference held at the Commander in Chief's house on 17 May, between Robertson, the General Staff and the Corps Commanders, notably raising points concerning the administration, interior economy, training, and discipline of the BAOR (British Army of the Rhine). 2pp.

Notes on a meeting held at Chantilly, France, between FM Sir John Denton Pinkstone French, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, and French Gen Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre, Commander in Chief, French Armies on the Western Front, concerning future operations on the Western Front; their opposition to a 'passive defence' as advocated by the British Cabinet; the situation of the Russian Army, notably the shortage of guns, rifles and ammunition; the need for British Army reinforcements to be sent to the Western Front. 4pp.

Notes on Strategy compiled for the use of students at the Staff College, Camberley, Surrey, by Col George Francis Robert Henderson, Professor of Military History and Art. 3pp.

Notes made [by Robertson] during a visit of the Committee on Garrisons to the defended ports of Great Britain, 13 Jul-11 Oct, including sketch maps and descriptions of defences. 32pp.

Notes between Robertson and Brevet Lt Col Cecil Courtenay Lucas concerning the former's attendance at a meeting with Woolwich munitions workers to discuss the needs of the Army. 1p.

Notes taken by Robertson from On War by Karl Philipp Gottlieb von Clausewitz [possibly Robertson's own translation of the original].

Notes taken by Robertson from The science of war: a collection of essays and lectures, 1892-1903 (Longmans and Co, London, 1905), by Col George Francis Robert Henderson, edited by Capt N Malcom. 5pp.

Notes [by Robertson] on 'The machinery of the government for conducting the war', recommending a small inner Cabinet, or War Council, as a more efficient means of initiating and carrying out military policy. 6pp.

Notes [by Robertson] commenting on a memorandum written by the Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, arguing against the concentration of resources on the Western Front. Robertson's reply connects the failure to break through the German lines in France and Belgium to the severe shortages of troops and ammunition, and disputes Churchill's theory that success is more likely on the Eastern Front. 5pp.

Notes between Robertson, Maj Gen Sir William Thomas Furse, Master General of the Ordnance, and Maj Gen Sir Frederick Charles Shaw, Chief of General Staff, Home Forces, concerning the ammunition dump at Thorpe-Le Soken, Essex, with a list of its contents. 4pp.

Notes [by Robertson] commenting on a memorandum prepared by the Admiralty War Staff and the General Staff, War Office, on the existing situation in the Balkans and Dardanelles, giving an estimation on the amount of time it would take to move a force of 8 divisions from France to Gallipoli, and reasons for not doing so, namely his view of the Western Front as the most important theatre of military operations. 4pp.

Notes [by Robertson] on the situation in the Balkans, advocating a withdrawal of Allied troops from the Dardanelles, and an avoidance of any further offensives in that area until forces have had time to reorganise and train. 4pp.

Directive from the Supreme War Council at Rapallo, Italy, directing its Permanent Military Representatives to report immediately on the present situation on the Italian Front. 1p.

Printed War Office pamphlet entitled 'His Majesty's Letters Patent constituting the Army Council (6th February, 1904), and orders in council relative to the duties, titles and precedence of members of the Army Council'. 8pp.

Printed Cabinet paper by the Rt Hon Arthur James Balfour, First Lord of the Admiralty, advocating that British forces remain on the Gallipoli peninsula. 2pp.

Paper by temporary Gen Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, for the War Cabinet, giving a summary of the preparations which are being made to prepare US units for operations in 1919, and putting forward suggestions to be made at the forthcoming Supreme War Council meeting on the subject. 4pp.

Paper by Robertson for the War Council, reporting a conversation between Robertson and US Gen John Joseph Pershing, Commander in Chief, US Expeditionary Forces in Europe, on placing American battalions in British divisions, to which proposal Pershing was opposed on various grounds. 6pp.

Paper by Robertson for the War Council on the situation in Macedonia, namely the lack of information supplied by French Gen Maurice Paul Emmanuel Sarrail, Commander in Chief, Allied Army of the Orient, to the British Government on events there, including information sent to Sarrail by Paul Painlevé, French War Minister, intelligence of a possible enemy attack on Salonika, Greece, from the Serbian Military Attaché, details of Greek political and economic problems, and estimates of the number of Allied and enemy troops on the Macedonian Front. 12pp.