Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Hobbs ya ci gaba da zama brigadier general kuma ya zama abokin aikin Order of Bath. A watan Maris na 1916 ya tafi tare da Rukunin Australiya na 1 zuwa Faransa, kuma ya kasance a cikin umurnin bindigogi na Australiya lokacin da aka kama Pozières. A watan Disamba na 1916 ya dauki umurnin 5th Australian Division kuma ya zama babban janar a watan Janairu. Wannan rukunin ya kasance a cikin gwagwarmayar gwagwarmaya a cikin bazara na 1917, kuma a watan Satumba ya bambanta kansa a Polygon Wood. Ma'aikatan sun yi aiki tare sosai, kuma sun sami babban nasara. An kirkiro Hobbs a matsayin Knight Commander na Dokar Bath da Knight Commander na Dokar St Michael da St George a ranar 1 ga Janairu 1918. A karshen watan Afrilu, rundunarsa ta yi yaƙi a karo na biyu na Villers-Bretonneux.
, wanda wataƙila ya ba da gudummawa ga watsi da ayyukan Jamus zuwa Amiens.