Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ya shiga jirgin ruwa a Ramsgate a watan Agusta 1808, kuma, lokacin da ya isa bakin Douro tare da Brigadier-General Acland, ya sami umarni daga Janar Wellesley don ci gaba da sauka a bakin tekun zuwa Maceira Bay. Wellesley da kansa, bayan nasararsa a Roliça
, ya yi tafiya a bakin tekun, domin yana son karɓar ƙarfafawa kafin ya kai hari Lisbon ko ya yi yaƙi da sojojin Junot duka. A Paymayo da Maceira daidai da Anstruther da Acland sun sadu da Wellesley kuma suka sauka a kan dakarunsu, kodayake da wahala da yawa daga mummunan raƙuman ruwa. Lokacin da ya sauka, Wellesley ya kafa rundunarsa gaba daya a matsayin mai karfi a Vimeiro, kuma yana jiran harin da Junot ke tunani. A yakin Vimeiro, majami'ar da ke da mahimmancin halin da ake ciki na Ingilishi ya mallaki brigades na Fane da Anstruther, kuma a kansu suka fadi da mummunan harin Junot. Faransawa, duk da haka, sun sake dawowa tare da hasara mai yawa, kuma Anstruther ya tabbatar da ikonsa a matsayin brigadier. Da zuwan Moore, Burrard, da Dalrymple, an sake raba sojojin, kuma Anstruther ya ba da sauran kamfanoni na 95 ga shi, kuma an sanya shi a ƙarƙashin umarnin Edward Paget, wanda zai yi umurni da ajiyar. A kan ci gaba zuwa Spain, Paget ya jagoranci brigades ta hanyar Elvas da Alcantara, don shiga Moore a Salamanca.