Letter to Robertson from temporary Col Christopher Birdwood Thomson, Military Attaché to Romania, refuting a rumour that he made comments which were disloyal to Robertson to the Rt Hon David Lloyd George, Prime Minister. 2pp.
Letter to Robertson from the Rt Hon Dr Christopher Addison, Minister of Munitions, concerning his meeting with the Woolwich munitions workers, and requesting Robertson's presence. 1p.
Letter from Cecil Lucas to Robert Munro, 3 Sep 1917, about a fund for disabled soldiers
Letter from Brevet Lt Col Cecil Courtenay Lucas, Aide de Camp to Robertson, to the Rt Hon Robert Munro, Secretary of State for Scotland, informing him that he has declined to become a member of the Board of Management of the Harry Lauder £1,000,000 Fund for Scottish Sailors and Soldiers. 1p.
Letter from Cecil Lucas to F J Robertson, 29 Aug 1917, about a fund for disabled soldiers
Letter from Brevet Lt Col Cecil Courtenay Lucas, Aide de Camp to Robertson, to F J Robertson, Joint Secretary of the Harry Lauder £1,000,000 Fund for Scottish Sailors and Soldiers, directing him to a reply sent to Harry Lauder himself. 1p.
Letter from Capt Sir George (Compton Archibald) Arthur 3rd Bt, Personal Private Secretary to FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, to Maj Cecil Courtenay Lucas, Aide de Camp to Robertson, enclosing a list of private letters between Kitchener and Robertson, which he feels should be kept by the latter instead of forming part of Kitchener's estate (Kitchener had drowned in the sinking of HMS Hampshire, 5 Jun 1916). 3pp.
Letter from [Capt] the Rt Hon Josiah Clement Wedgwood, attached to the Staff of Lt Gen Jan Christian Smuts, General Officer Commanding, East Africa, to the Rt Hon Herbert Henry Asquith, Prime Minister, giving news of the British Forces in East Africa, recommending the despatch of a Commander in Chief to replace Gen Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien. 2pp.
Letter to Robertson from Brig Gen Henry Yarde-Buller, Head of British Missions at French Army Headquarters, requesting clarification of his position and duties following the appointment of Lt Col (George) Sidney Clive as Liaison Officer between the War Office and French Gen Joseph Jacques Césaire Joffre, Commander in Chief, French Armies on the Western Front. 1p.
Letter to Robertson from Brig Gen (George) Sidney Clive, British Mission to French Army, recounting the opinion of French Gen Henri-Philippe Benoni Omer Pétain, Commander in Chief, French Armies on the Western Front, concerning the request of the Allied Supreme War Council at Versailles for thirty divisions for the General Reserve, and Pétain's belief that, as British Representative to the Supreme War Council, Robertson will protect the position of the Allied Commanders in Chief against the demands of their governments. 3pp.
Letter to Robertson from Brig Gen Prince Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George of Teck, (later 1st Earl of Athlone), General Staff Officer, Grade 1, British Military Mission to the Belgian Army, recommending possible candidates for command on the Western Front. 2pp.
Letter 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, on the plan of campaign of French Gen Maurice Paul Emmanuel Sarrail, Commander in Chief, Allied Army of the Orient, for an attack towards Monastir and Lake Doiran, Macedonia, which Howell believes will be ineffective; Howell's alternative plan of an advance along the coast to Turkey; the lack of cooperation or consultation between the French and British at Salonika, Greece. 3pp.
Letter 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, giving an overview of the situation at Salonika, Greece, since the deembarkation of Allied troops there, notably the opinion of French Gen Maurice Paul Emmanuel Sarrail, Commander in Chief, Allied Army of the Orient, and his Staff that there will be an immediate attack by the Bulgarians; Howell's estimate of the number of troops required to hold the position, supposing the arrival of requested military transport, supplies, artillery and mounted troops; the character, abilities and future plans of Sarrail; problems of discipline and financial cost. 7pp.
Letter from Brig Gen Charles Howard Foulkes, Commander Special Bde, Royal Engineers and Director of Gas Services, General Headquarters, forwarding a report, dated 19 Dec 1918, on the operations of the Special Bde during World War One. Includes four maps showing gas operations on the Western Front from 1915 to 1918 (using Ordnance Survey maps printed Dec 1918), and a graph showing the use of gas and casualties from 1915 to 1918. 6pp, 4 maps, 1 graph.
Letter to Robertson from Benjamin Tillet, General Secretary of the Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers Union, enclosing a resolution passed by the Executive Council recording admiration for officers and men fighting in the war, and condolences to the relatives of those killed. 2pp.
Letter to Robertson from Belgian Lt Gen the Count de Jonghe d'Ardoye, Aide de Camp to King Albert I of Belgium, and Chief of the Belgian Mission to the British Army in the Field, awarding him the Belgian Croix de Guerre. 1p.
Letter to Robertson from Belgian Col the Count de Jonghe d'Ardoye, Aide de Camp to King Albert I of Belgium, and Chief of the Belgian Mission to the British Army in the Field, awarding him the Grand Cordon de l'Ordre de la Couronne. 1p.
Letter to Robertson from Mrs Amy Charlotte Stuart Menzies, asking him for an appreciation of Lt Gen Sir Frederick Stanley Maude for inclusion in a biography she is writing (Sir Stanley Maude and other memories (Herbert Jenkins, London, 1919). 2pp.
Letter to Robertson from William Morris Hughes (Billy Hughes), Australian Prime Minister, deploring the possibility that the Australian Corps may to be split up and assimilated into British units. 2pp.
Letter to Robertson from John Wilson, Private Secretary to the Rt Hon (Joseph) Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for India, informing Robertson that his letter to Chamberlain has been forwarded to him in the country. 1p.
Letter from Austen Chamberlain to Robertson, 26 Dec 1916, about southern Persia
Letter to Robertson from the Rt Hon (Joseph) Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for India, on responsibility for affairs in South Persia. 3pp.
Private letter to FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, Secretary of State for War, from the Rt Hon (Joseph) Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for India, enclosing a copy of a private letter from Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, Viceroy of India, in which Hardinge expresses concern about the health of Lt Gen Sir Percy Henry Noel Lake, recently appointed General Officer Commanding, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, and advises having a suitable replacement ready. 3pp.