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Bound volume entitled 'Records of a strategic war game', prepared by the Directorate of Military Operations, General Staff, War Office, describing the preliminary work and the course of operations, and providing a summary and conclusion, for an exercise by the Directorate, under the command of Maj Gen James Moncrieff Grierson, Director of Military Operations, exploring the military protection of Belgian neutrality by Great Britain during a Franco-German war. Robertson acted as Commander of the German Forces. 1 vol.

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

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.

Paper by Robertson on a proposed alliance between Germany and Great Britain in order to forestall Russian expansion in the Middle East, giving reasons why such an alliance would not be practicable or worthwhile, and Germany should be regarded as a rival rather than an ally. With a covering letter from Lt Gen Sir William Gustavus Nicholson, Director General of Military Intelligence. 11pp.

Anonymous Staff College paper entitled 'The true standard of our military needs', disputing the view that Russian aggression towards Afghanistan and the North-West Frontier of India is the greatest military threat faced by the British Army, and highlighting the need for a scheme for the creation of a National Army based upon European, not Asiatic, conditions. The paper is annotated by Robertson with comments upon the army reforms proposed by the Rt Hon Richard Burdon Haldane, Secretary of State for War. 12pp.

Notes written by Robertson for use in teaching, giving a description of the final battles of the Franco-Prussian War, Oct 1870-Jan 1871, following the creation of the French Third Republic in Sep 1870. 12pp.

Notes by Robertson relating to a Staff College Senior Division visit to the battlefields of the Franco-Prussian War. 6pp.

Handwritten copy of a memorandum by FM Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, on his career in the Peninsula, in answer to a question by the Rt Hon Philip Henry Stanhope, Viscount Mahon, Sep 1835. 3pp.

Text of lecture given by Robertson at Chatham, Kent, on the topography, population and communications system of Persia and Mesopotamia, including a description of the Baghdad Railway and its possible use as a means of German and Turkish dominance in the area. 20pp.

Texts of lectures given by Robertson at Chatham, Kent, Aldershot, Hampshire, and York, Yorkshire, on the study and practice of war. 72pp.

Printed paper by Maj Gen James Montcrieff Grierson, Director of Military Operations, entitled 'Memorandum upon the military forces required for over-sea warfare', giving estimates as to the number of troops which should be dispatched during the first six months of theoretical conflicts with Boer South Africa, France, Germany, the US and Russia. 16pp.

Notes written by Robertson following a visit to the Balkan Peninsula, giving his impressions of various military installations in Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Macedonia, and personal conclusions reached as to possible alliances between them. 10pp.

Text of a lecture given by Robertson at Glasgow, Strathclyde, on the military responsibilities of the British Empire, and methods of training officers and soldiers in preparation for war. 24pp.

Paper written by Robertson whilst a student at the Staff College, Camberley, Surrey, on the changes in the strategical relations between Russia and England produced by the advance and recent acquisitions of the former in the Far East. 13pp.

Printed memorandum written by Robertson in 1901, as Assistant Quartermaster General in the Intelligence Section of the War Office, entitled 'The military resources of France, and probable method of their employment in a war between France and England'. The original document has been corrected, and an additional memoranda by Robertson noting developments by 1903 is attached. 14pp.

Notes written by Robertson following a visit to the United States, giving his opinions on the character of the American people, and a description of his travels by various methods in New York and Michigan. 10pp.