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Proceedings, in French, of the Second Session of the Allied Chantilly Conference on 7 Dec. 8pp.

Proceedings, in French, of the Third Session of the Allied Chantilly Conference on 8 Dec. 10pp.

Proof and final copy of a printed General Staff and Admiralty War Staff memorandum entitled 'The present and prospective situation in Syria and Macedonia', with regard to possible Turkish operations there. 22pp.

Handwritten report by Capt Alan Ian Percy, Earl Percy, Intelligence Department, General Staff, War Office, giving an account of action taken with regard to the proposed postponement of a conference in Chantilly, France, and the possibility of substitute conference taking place in Russia. 5pp.

Report by FM Sir John Denton Pinkstone French, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, for FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, Secretary of State for War, emphasising the need for a constant supply of troops and ammunition on the Western Front, and requesting information concerning the dispatch of further divisions of the first New Army, in order to concert plans with the French. 3pp.

Report by FM Sir John Denton Pinkstone French, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, to FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, Secretary of State for War, giving his views on the military situation in France and Belgium, including descriptions of combined operations by the British and the French, and the need for adequate reinforcements of troops and ammunition. 6pp.

Report by Maj Gen Sir Ronald Charles Maxwell, Inspector General of Communications, British Armies in France, giving the average offensive and defensive expenditure of artillery ammunition per gun per day during the Battles of Neuve Chapelle, Festubert and Ypres on the Western Front. 1p.

Report by Robertson following a recent conference between French Gen Robert Georges Nivelle, Commander in Chief, French Armies on the Western Front, and FM Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, outlining and commenting upon the plan of operation for the Nivelle offensive on the Western Front, noting that it will render impossible the British desire for an offensive in Flanders, and warning against beginning operations before all the Allies are sufficiently prepared. 12pp.

Report by the General Staff, British Armies in France, discussing the question of whether the Germans would attack the French or British Army should they succeed in driving the Russian Army back to the Galacian frontier. 5pp.

Report by the General Staff, British Armies in France, on the various strengths of the enemy forces, notably the number of German fighting troops, reserves, rifles and artillery guns on the Western and Eastern Fronts; the estimated strength of the German Army between Grenay [?Graine, Italy] and the sea, and between Grenay and the Swiss frontier; the transfer of German units from the Western to the Eastern Front in 1915; the estimated strength and firepower of the Italian, Serbian, Turkish, Austrian and Russian armies. 12pp.

Report by the General Staff, British Armies in France, giving the total strength of the Allied armies on the Western Front. 1p.

Report by the General Staff, British Armies in France, giving the total strength of the French Army on the Western Front, and its distribution at the time of the Arras offensive, May 1915. 1p.

Report by the General Staff, British Armies in France, giving a comparison of British and German strengths on the Western Front. 1p.

Anonymous Staff College paper entitled 'The true standard of our military needs', disputing the view that Russian aggression towards Afghanistan and the North-West Frontier of India is the greatest military threat faced by the British Army, and highlighting the need for a scheme for the creation of a National Army based upon European, not Asiatic, conditions. The paper is annotated by Robertson with comments upon the army reforms proposed by the Rt Hon Richard Burdon Haldane, Secretary of State for War. 12pp.

Typescript précis of telegrams between Robertson and temporary Gen Sir Archibald (James) Murray, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, notably Murray's description of the First and Second Battles of Gaza, Palestine, and details of his requirements, including artillery, rails, engineers, signal personnel and material, military transport, and aeroplanes. 13pp.

Telegram (33) to Robertson from Brig Gen Charles Delmé-Radcliffe, Chief of the British Military Mission to the Italian Army in the Field, giving information concerning the state of the road between Santa Quaranta and Monastir, Macedonia. 1p.

Telegram (306) to Robertson from Brig Gen Charles Delmé-Radcliffe, Chief of the British Military Mission to the Italian Army in the Field, regarding the possibility of Italian involvement in a proposed Allied Balkan offensive. 1p.

Telegram (873) to Robertson from Brig Gen Charles Delmé-Radcliffe, Chief of the British Military Mission to the Italian Army in the Field, giving the opinion of Italian Gen Luigi Cadorna, Italian Army Chief of Staff, on the difficulties of coordinating an attack on the Italian front with the Nivelle offensive on the Western Front; reporting the build up of German and Austrian troops around Innsbruck and the Trentino, Austria-Hungary; requirements for the transfer of British and French troops to the Italian front. 1p.

Telegram (PH1) to Robertson from Brig Gen Philip Howell, Chief Staff Officer to Lt Gen Sir Bryan Thomas Mahon, General Officer Commanding in Chief, British Salonika Force, concerning internal troubles in France and the possible removal of French Gen Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre, Commander in Chief, French Armies on the Western Front. 1p.

Telegram (284) to Robertson from honorary Brig Gen Wallscourt Hely-Hutchinson Waters, Chief of the British Military Mission to the Imperial Russian General Headquarters, concerning Russian reactions to the French proposal that more Russian troops be sent to the Dobrudja region of Romania. 1p.