Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na 1808 Napoleon nyere Marcognet aha Baron nke Alaeze Ukwu. Ka ọ na-erule afọ 1809, ọ nọ n'òtù ndị agha Ney n'ebe ugwu ọdịda anyanwụ Spen, na-alụ ọgụ na Agha Peninsular. Mgbe o nwara n'enweghị ihe ịga nke ọma igbochi nnupụisi na Galicia, Ney hapụrụ mpaghara ahụ na June. N'oge mgbụsị akwụkwọ, Ney gara ezumike, na-ahapụ Jean Gabriel Marchand ka ọ na-achị. Mgbe ndị agha Spain nọ n'okpuru Don Lorenzo Duke nke Del Parque weghaara ọnọdụ na Tamames, Marchand jiri ọsọ were ndị agha 14,000 na egbe 14 lụso ya ọgụ. Del Parque chịkọtara ndị agha ya dị puku iri abụọ, ndị agha ịnyịnya dị otu puku na narị ise, na égbè iri na asatọ n'elu ugwu dị n'ebe ndịda obodo ahụ. N'ime
Agha nke Tamames na 18 Ọktoba 1809, onye isi ndị France zigara Antoine Louis Popon de Maucune ka ọ wakpo ndị Spanish aka ekpe ebe ndị 25th Light Infantry Regiment jidere ndị Spanish aka nri. Mgbe mgbalị abụọ ahụ jikọtara ndị agha Del Parque, battalion isii nke Marcognet ga-agbafe n'etiti ndị iro. Ndị agha Maucune isii nwere ọganihu dị mma na mbụ, ma kwụsịzie. N'oge a, ọgụ Marcognet na-aga n'ihu ma n'oge na-adịghị anya, égbè 12 na-akụ ya. Ka ha nọ na-agbagote n'elu ugwu ahụ, ndị agha Spen ji égbè na-awụ ha n'ala, nke a mekwara ka ha ghara ịma ihe ha ga-eme. Mgbe ndị Spen wakporo ha, ndị agha Marcognet gbalaghachiri n'elu ugwu ahụ, na-akpali Marchand iwepụta ndị agha ya ma kwụsị agha ahụ. Ndị France nwụrụ n'agha ahụ dị 1,400, ndị Spen nwụrụ nanị 700.