Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1807 i ārahi ia i tētahi wehenga i te whakaekenga o Potohi ki te ope a te Tumuaki o te wehenga a Jean-Andoche Junot. I whakawhiwhia a Delaborde ki te mana o te kaute i te 1808. Ki te ope Ingarihi a Sir Arthur Wellesley i whawhai ia i tetahi mahi mohio me te maarama i te pakanga o Roliça. I te Pakanga o Vimeiro i te 21 o Akuhata 1808, i whara ia i a ia e arahi ana i ana hoia i roto i te whakaeke mua kaore i angitu. I whakahaua e ia he wehenga i raro i a Marshal Nicolas Soult i te Pakanga o Corunna, te Pakanga o Braga
i te pakanga tuatahi o Porto me te pakanga tuarua o Porto.