Correspondence and papers relating to changes to the British Line of Communications during the transfer of the bulk of the British Army to Flanders in Oct 1914, notably comprising negotiations between the French and British Higher Commands concerning the appointment of new Bases in France, the eventual decision being to have Havre as a main sea-base, Bologne as a subsidiary base, and Rouen as a regulating station; correspondence between Maj Gen Ronald Charles Maxwell, Inspector General of Communications, BEF (British Expeditionary Force), and Robertson, mainly details of the evacuation of present bases at Nantes, St Nazaire, Le Mans and Ostend, and the build-up of the new sites, and the move of the General Headquarters to Abbeville, including collaboration with the French authorities concerning the use of railways; Robertson's comments on the military situation, the possibility of its affecting the progress of the move, and the danger to the new line of communication afforded by the German build-up in the North-West. 32 items, 73pp.