 He was promoted captain on 20 March 1900, received the brevet promotion to major the following day, and served as an intelligence officer, and as aide-de-camp to Major-General John Maxwell, Military governor of Pretoria after the annexation of that city.For his service during the war, he received the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), and was noted for future staff employment.Hoskins left Cape Town for the United Kingdom in late October 1902, then fought in the Somaliland Campaign in 1903 and was again mentioned in despatches.