Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Agusta 1808 Batun na 1 ya sauka a Portugal, kuma ba da daɗewa ba ya shiga cikin yaƙi da Faransawa a Yaƙin Roliça
a ranar 17 ga watan Agusta, yakin Vimeiro a ranar 21 ga watan Agusta. Duk da wadannan nasarori na farko, a cikin 1809 'yan Burtaniya sun kasance a cikin cikakken koma baya, kuma rundunar ta yi yaƙi a bayan fage Battle of Corunna a ranar 16 ga Janairu 1809. Yaƙin ya zama rashin nasara ga Birtaniya, ko da yake sun gudanar da kwashe dakarunsu, kuma 1 / 36th ya shiga Ingila a rana mai zuwa.