Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: Mgbe ndị agha France meriri na Bailén, e merikwara Portugal, Napoleon kwenyesiri ike na ya nọ n'ihe ize ndụ na Spen. Site na "Armée d'Espagne" ya nke ndị ikom 278,670 gbakọtara na Ebro, na-eche ndị agha Spanish 80,000 na-adịghị edozi, na-adịghị edozi, Napoleon na ndị ọchịagha ya mere mkpuchi abụọ buru ibu nke ndị agha Spain na November 1808. Napoleon ji ike dị egwu wakpo ndị agha Spen ma mee ka ndị agha Spen gharazie inwe ihe ha ga- eme na Burgos, Tudela, Espinosa na
Somosierra. Madrid nyefere onwe ya na 1 Disemba. E weghachiri Joseph Bonaparte n'ocheeze ya. A manyere Junta ịhapụ Madrid na Nọvemba 1808, ma biri na Alcázar nke Seville site na 16 Disemba 1808 ruo 23 Jenụwarị 1810. Na Catalonia, Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr's 17,000-ike VII Corps nọchibidoro ma weghara Roses site na ndị agha Anglo-Spanish, bibie akụkụ nke ndị agha Spain nke Juan Miguel de Vives y Feliu na Cardedeu dị nso na Barcelona na 16 Disemba ma chụpụ ndị Spain n'okpuru Conde de Caldagues na Theodor von Reding na Molins de Rei.