Telegram (M113) to Robertson from temporary Lt Gen George Francis Milne, General Officer Commanding in Chief, British Salonika Force, concerning the impracticability of an offensive into the Balkans from Salonika, Greece, despite recent reinforcements of troops; intrigue between Aristide Briand, French Prime Minister, and French Gen Maurice Paul Emmanuel Sarrail, Commander in Chief, Allied Army of the Orient. 1p.
Telegram (GC44) to Robertson from temporary Lt Gen George Francis Milne, General Officer Commanding in Chief, British Salonika Force, on lack of communication between himself and French Gen Maurice Paul Emmanuel Sarrail, Commander in Chief, Allied Army of the Orient, concerning the latter's plan of operation for a Balkan offensive; the lack of adequate training of the troops at Salonika, Greece; the extent of Sarrail's control over Allied troops. 1p.
Five copies of a telegram (GC30) to Robertson from temporary Lt Gen George Francis Milne, General Officer Commanding in Chief, British Salonika Force, outlining the plan of French Gen Maurice Paul Emmanuel Sarrail, Commander in Chief, Allied Army of the Orient, for a combined Allied offensive into the Balkans, and his opinion on the prospect of these operations succeeding. 5pp.
Telegram (M14) to Robertson from temporary Lt Gen George Francis Milne, General Officer Commanding in Chief, British Salonika Force, outlining the mobility of the British force and comparing it to that of the French, Italians and Serbians. 2pp.
Telegram to Robertson from Lt Col (George) Sidney Clive, Liaison Officer between the War Office and French Gen Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre, Commander in Chief, French Armies on the Western Front, giving Joffre's opinion that four more Allied divisions should be sent to Salonika, Greece, to prevent the defeat of Romania. 1p.
Telegram (M8) to Robertson from temporary Lt Gen George Francis Milne, General Officer Commanding in Chief, British Salonika Force, elaborating on his previous assessment of French Gen Maurice Paul Emmanuel Sarrail, Commander in Chief, Allied Army of the Orient, as a commander (4/4/23). 1p.
Telegram (HW2) to Robertson from temporary Gen Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, Chief of the British Mission to the French Army, reporting the progress of the Nivelle offensive on the Western Front. 1p.
Telegram [HW1] to Robertson from temporary Gen Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, Chief of the British Mission to the French Army, concerning the thoughts of French Gen Robert Georges Nivelle, Commander in Chief, French Armies on the Western Front, on the transfer of British and French divisions to Italy. 1p.
Telegram (MSA15) to Robertson from Gen Sir Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, denying a report that he found naval support in recent operations unsatisfactory. 1p.
Telegram from General Sir Edmund Allenby to Robertson, 7 Dec 1917, about operations in Palestine
Telegram (A14) to Robertson from Gen Sir Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, explaining the reasons why he feels it is imperative for the safety of Egypt to advance to the Jerusalem-Jaffa Line in Palestine, despite Robertson's doubts as to the validity of such a move. 1p.
Telegram (AMS12) to Robertson from Gen Sir Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, stating that he is taking no risks with the advance towards Jerusalem, Palestine, but keeping up steady pressure on the Turks. 1p.
Telegram to Robertson from Gen Sir Charles Carmichael Monro, Commander in Chief in India, concerning the relative merits of temporary Lt Gen Alexander (Stanhope) Cobbe, General Officer Commanding, 1 Indian Army Corps, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, and temporary Lt Gen Sir William Raine Marshall, General Officer Commanding, 3 Indian Army Corps, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force. 1p.
Telegram (AM243) to Robertson from Gen Sir Archibald (James) Murray, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, giving his opinion as to the good record of service of temporary Lt Gen Sir Alexander John Godley. 1p.
Telegram (AM265) to Robertson from Gen Sir Archibald (James) Murray, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, concerning the appointment of Lt Gen Sir William Riddell Birdwood as the Commander of 1 ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) in France. 1p.
Telegram (AM1391) to Robertson from Gen Sir Archibald (James) Murray, General Officer Commanding in Chief, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, recommending that a British force not be sent to Rabegh (Rabigh), in the Hedjaz, and arguing that that the possibility of the failure of the Arab Revolt must be weighed against the undesirability of committing British troops to a campaign in Arabia. 2pp.
Telegram (OAD427) to Robertson from FM Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, giving Haig's opinion that it is useless to pursue the present Nivelle offensive on the Western Front vigorously unless the French continue to give their full support, and proposing a limited offensive for the next few weeks. 1p.
Telegram (OAD489) to Robertson from FM Sir Douglas Haig, Commander in Chief, British Armies in France, agreeing to the deletion of an appendix concerning German Army strengths from his appreciation of the aims of the planned Flanders offensive (Third Battle of Ypres). 1p.
Telegram to Robertson from FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, Secretary of State for War, on the necessity of his returning to Britain to deal with military arrangements on the River Clyde, Strathclyde. 1p.
Telegram (CBT43) to Robertson from temporary Col Christopher Birdwood Thomson, British Military Attaché to Romania, outlining the Romanian plan of campaign. 2pp.
Telegram (316) to Robertson from Brig Gen Wallscourt Hely-Hutchinson Waters, Chief of the British Military Mission to the Imperial Russian General Headquarters, on the possibility of Russian troops being sent to aid Romania on the Dobrudja frontier. 1p.