Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Duke na Alba ya sadu da juriya kaɗan kuma a watan Yuli ya kafa sojojinsa a Cascais, yamma da Lisbon. A tsakiyar watan Agusta, Duke yana da nisan kilomita 10 daga birnin. Yammacin ƙaramin rafin Alcântara, Mutanen Espanya sun haɗu da sojojin Fotigal a gabashin gabashinsa, wanda António, Prior na Crato (jikan Sarki Manuel I na Fotigal wanda ya ayyana kansa sarki), da kuma laftansa Francisco de Portugal, 3rd Count of Vimioso. A ƙarshen watan Agusta, Duke na Alba ya kayar da sojojin António, rundunar soja da aka tara cikin gaggawa kuma sun hada da manoma na gida, kuma sun 'yantar da bayi a yakin Alcântara
Ka yi haƙuri. Wannan yaƙin ya ƙare da nasara ga rundunar Mutanen Espanya, duka a ƙasa da teku. Kwana biyu bayan haka, Duke na Alba ya kama Lisbon, kuma a ranar 25 ga Maris, 1581, an naɗa Philip II na Spain Sarkin Fotigal a Tomar a matsayin Philip I. Wannan ya share wa Philip hanyar ƙirƙirar Iberian Union wanda ya mamaye duk Iberia a ƙarƙashin kambin Spain.