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Printed General Staff memorandum entitled 'The employment of an Allied force in Macedonia and Serbia', following a French proposal that assistance be sent to Serbia from a base at Salonika, Greece, giving the view that such an undertaking would be unlikely to succeed. 6pp.

Brief pencilled note from FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, Secretary of State for War, concerning a telegram from Maj Gen Sir John Hanbury-Williams, Chief of British Military Mission to the Russian Army in the Field, concerning Alexandretta (Iskenderun), Turkey. (Part of discussions with Russia and other Allies concerning the settlement of the Straits region and rest of Turkish Empire). 1p.

Manuscript draft note by the Rt Hon Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, Secretary of State for War, to the War Cabinet, asking questions concerning the responsibilities of the Supreme War Council and the British military authorities. 1p.

Notes made by the Rt Hon Herbert Henry Asquith, Prime Minister, at a meeting of the War Committee, on the usefulness of undertaking an Allied offensive in the Balkans in order to protect Romania. 1p.

Note by Robertson on a memorandum by the Rt Hon David Lloyd George, Prime Minister, regarding future military policy, supporting strongly the planned Flanders offensive on the Western Front (Third Battle of Ypres) and analysing the flaws in Lloyd George's alternative proposal to send British troops to Italy to mount an attack against Austria. 17pp.

Joint Note Number 14 by the Permanent Military Representatives to the Allied Supreme War Council, recommending the formation of an Allied General Reserve on the Western Front, both in France and Italy. 1p.

Note from Brevet Lt Col Cecil Courtenay Lucas, Aide de Camp to Robertson, to William Sutherland, Private Secretary to the Rt Hon David Lloyd George, Prime Minister, enclosing a telegram from Robertson on a conference between FM Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, French Gen Ferdinand Foch, French Army Chief of Staff, and French Gen Henri-Philippe Benoni Omer Pétain, Commander in Chief, French Armies on the Western Front, resulting in the despatch of French guns to Italy. 3pp.

Note to Robertson from temporary Lt Gen Sir (Cecil Frederick) Nevil Macready, Adjutant General to the Forces, on likelihood of Parliament considering a Bill to prevent the time-expiry of troops in the Territorial Force battalions in India. 1p.

Note to Robertson from temporary Lt Gen Sir (Cecil Frederick) Nevil Macready, Adjutant General to the Forces, stating that on the advice of the American Ambassador in Constantinople [Henry Morgenthau], the question of the exchange of Turkish and British prisoners has been dropped for the time being. 1p.

Note to Robertson from Charles Henry Wellesley Wilson, 2nd Baron Nunburnholme, President of the East Riding Territorial Association and Lord Lieutenant of East Yorkshire, enclosing a copy of Bristol's List of Reserved Occupations (not included). 1p.

Note to Robertson from Maj Cecil Courtenay Lucas, Aide de Camp, informing him that the matter of the conditions at the Yozgad Internment Camp [Turkey] has been passed to the Director of Prisoners of War, who is in contact with the Red Cross Inspectors at Geneva. 1p.

Note from Maj Cecil Courtenay Lucas, Aide de Camp to Robertson, reporting that the Adjutant General to the Forces, Lt Gen Sir (Cecil Frederick) Nevil Macready, already has a candidate in mind for the post of Secretary to the Manpower Committee. 1p.

Note to Robertson from Maj Gen Frederick (Barton) Maurice, Director of Military Operations, War Office, enclosing copies of two letters, dated 16 and 24 Nov, from Gen Sir Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, General Officer Commanding, British Forces in Italy, and temporary Maj Gen Charles 'Tim' Harington Harington, General Staff, British Forces in Italy, giving the general military situation on the Italian Front following the start of the Austro-German Caporetto offensive and the transfer of five British and six French divisions to Italy. 8pp..

Note to Robertson from Maj Gen Sir Stanley Brenton von Donop, Master General of the Ordnance, enclosing a letter from Gen Sir Robert Biddulph concerning the retrieval of rifles from the killed and wounded. 4pp.

Note to Robertson from the Rt Hon David Lloyd George, Prime Minister, requesting information on the number of troops and the amount of shipping released by the occupation of British troops of the Aleppo railway junction, Syria. 1p.

Note to Robertson from the Rt Hon David Lloyd George, Prime Minister, concerning the military requirements of temporary Gen Sir Archibald (James) Murray, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, on the Palestine Front. 1p.

Note to Robertson from the Rt Hon Herbert Henry Asquith, Prime Minister, asking him to incorporate the enclosed suggestions of by Sir Edward Grey, 3rd Bt, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, into a memorandum on the effectiveness of a limited offensive against Bulgaria. 1p.