he partakes in the braddock expedition, which everybody here knows doesn't go very well for the british, which would be think kind of an understatement and goes very and you know, so many officers are either killed or wounded that gates is among the wounded. he is in the advanced guard commanded directly by a badge by thomas gage, will later be a general on the british side in the revolution. i mean, gates is actually shot, shot through the body, left for dead in the ground. and then one of his sergeants in his regiment comes out, makes like a shift for him and terrorism carries them to safety and saves his life. but he nearly dies on the battlefield. it's now western pennsylvania in 1755, along along with many other british and american officers. he spends the next few years on the on the new york, especially the mohawk valley, where fighting various french canadian and indigenous warriors. and then in 1758, he's going to become brigade major really like a military chief of staff to general john. gates is going to thrive as staff officer. he has he's very organized, has great attention