Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Agusta 1808 na 2 / 95th ya kasance wani ɓangare na dakarun da aka aika a cikin tafiyar da Portuguese da Sir Arthur Wellesley ya umurce shi da farko kuma ya rufe saukar jiragen ruwa a Mondego Bay (Figueira da Foz). A ranar 15 ga watan Agusta sun sami bambancin yin harbi na farko na Yaƙin Peninsular a lokacin wani rikici a Óbidos da Faransawa, amma kuma abin takaici ya sha wahala na farko da jami'in Birtaniya ya mutu a yakin, Laftanar Ralph Bunbury. 95th, a matsayin wani ɓangare na Brigade na 6 wanda ya haɗa da bindigogi masu dauke da makamai &lt;a href="King%27s%20Royal%20Rifle%20Corps"&gt;5th/60th Foot&lt;/a&gt;, ya shiga cikin yakin Roliça
, yaƙin farko na yaƙin, a ranar 17 ga Agusta 1808. Rifleman Thomas Plunket na 1st Battalion, 95th Rifles, ya harbe Janar Auguste François-Marie de Colbert-Chabanais na Faransa a nesa da kusan mil 300 a yakin Cacabelos a ranar 3 ga Janairu 1809.