Crossword-Solution: HOBE 4 letters, 5 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 9

General Borcke, with the Ninth Division, and General Hobe with Lottum’s Cavalry Brigade, were left as rear-guard, drawn up along the Namur road, between Sombreffe and Point du Jour.

Hearing of Stengel’s difficulties, Thielemann sent the Twelfth Division (Stulpnagel’s) and Hobe’s Cavalry to reinforce him.

The Third _Corps d'Armée_, commanded by Lieutenant General THIELEMANN, consisted of the Ninth Brigade, under General BORKE; of the Tenth Brigade, under Colonel KÄMPFEN; of the Eleventh Brigade, under Colonel LUCK; of the Twelfth Brigade, under Colonel STÜLPNAGEL; of a Cavalry Reserve, under General HOBE; and of an Artillery Reserve, under Colonel MOHNHAUPT.

General HOBE, who commanded this Cavalry Division, had previously moved forward Count LOTTUM's Brigade and posted it in rear of Colonel KÄMPFEN's Infantry Brigade.

The Rear Guard of this line of retreat, which consisted of the Ninth Infantry Brigade, under Major General BORCKE, and the Reserve Cavalry, under General HOBE, and was drawn up along the Namur road, having in its front the Fleurus _chaussée_, leading directly towards the Enemy, did not commence its march until after four o'clock, when the sun had risen.