Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - A manyere Spanish Supreme Central na Governing Junta nke Alaeze ahụ site na nrụgide ndị mmadụ ka ha guzobe Cortes nke Cádiz n'oge ọkọchị nke 1809. Junta bịara n'ihe ọ tụrụ anya ga-abụ atụmatụ mmeri agha, mwakpo abụọ iji weghachite Madrid, na-etinye ihe karịrị ndị agha 100,000 na ndị agha atọ n'okpuru Duke del Parque, Juan Carlos de Aréizaga na Duke nke Alburquerque. Del Parque meriri ndị agha nke isii nke Jean Gabriel Marchand n'agha nke Tamames
na 18 Ọktoba 1809 ma weghara Salamanca na 25 Ọktoba. Onye nọchiri Marchand bụ François Étienne de Kellermann, onye wetara ndị enyemaka n'ụdị ndị nke ya yana ndị Brigade General Nicolas Godinot. Kellermann mere njem n'ebe Del Parque nọ na Salamanca, onye hapụrụ ya ozugbo wee laghachi na ndịda. Ka ọ dịgodị, ndị agha nnupụisi nọ n'ógbè León mụbara ọrụ ha. Kellermann hapụrụ VI Corps na-ejide Salamanca wee laghachi León iji kpochapụ nnupụisi ahụ.