Sii wad qodobkan - Hobbs waxaa markaa loo dalacsiiyay janaraal guuto waxaana loo sameeyay saaxiibka ciidanka ee Bath. Bishii Maarso 1916 wuxuu la tegay qaybta 1aad ee Australia ee Faransiiska, wuxuuna ahaa taliyaha madaafiicda Australia markii Pozières la qabtay. Bishii Diseembar 1916 wuxuu la wareegay taliska qeybta 5aad ee Australia waxaana laga dhigay sarkaal sare bishii Janaayo. Qaybtani waxay ku jirtay dagaalkii ugu xumaa guga 1917, waxayna bishii Sebtember ku soo bandhigtay Polygon Wood. Shaqaaluhu si fiican ayey u wada shaqeeyeen, waxayna gaareen guul weyn. Hobbs waxaa loo sameeyay labadaba Knight Commander ee Amarka Bath iyo Knight Commander ee Amarka St Michael iyo St George 1 Janaayo 1918. Dhamaadkii bishii Abriil qeybtiisu waxay ka qayb gashay dagaalkii labaad ee Villers-Bretonneux
, taasoo laga yaabo inay gacan ka geysatay joojinta howlgalada Jarmalka ee Amiens.