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Paper by Robertson for the War Council on the present military situation in Russia, and its effect on future Allied plans following a large scale Russian retreat on the Eastern Front, advising that pressure be brought to bear on the Germans on the Western Front to prevent them moving divisions to the East, and that commitments in secondary theatres should be scaled down, especially with regard to the Balkans and Salonika, Greece. 9pp.

Paper by Robertson for the War Council on the present military situation, with reference to the peace proposals by the Central Powers, advising that peace with Germany at the present time would be disastrous to the British Empire, and predicting a large scale German attack on the Western Front early in 1918. 13pp.

Paper by Robertson for the War Council on future military policy, notably in 1918, advocating that Britain prepare for an offensive on the Western Front in the spring, and limit activities in other theatres, and especially that the question of the supply of additional manpower be investigated thoroughly. 10pp.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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 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 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.