Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kweHondo yePeninsular (1807-14) France neSpain dzakasaina Chibvumirano cheFontainebleau muna October 1807. Ikoku kwakagovera nokuda kwokudenha nokuparadzaniswa kwakatevera kwenharaunda yePortugal muumambo hutatu. Pashure pacho, mauto eFrance aitungamirirwa naGeneral Junot akapinda muPortugal, iyo yakakumbira kubatsirwa neBritain. Muna July 1808 mauto aitungamirirwa naSir Arthur Wellesley, akazova Duke weWellington, akasvika muPortugal ndokukunda mauto eFrance paHondo dzeRoliça
uye Vimeiro. Ikoku kwakamanikidza Junot kutaurirana Chibvumirano cheCintra, icho chakatungamirira kukubviswa kweuto reFrance kubva kuPortugal. Muna March 1809, Marshal Soult akatungamirira boka idzva revaFrench rakaenda kumaodzanyemba kuguta rePorto risati radzoswa nemauto echiPutukezi neBritish ndokumanikidzwa kudzokera. Pashure pokudzokera shure uku, mauto aWellesley akapinda muSpain kuti abatane nemauto echiSpain 33 000 aitungamirirwa naGeneral Cuesta. PaTalavera, kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweMadrid, vakasangana ndokukurira varwi 46 000 vokuFrance vaitungamirirwa naMarchal Claude Victor. Pashure peHondo yeTalavera, Wellington akaziva kuti akanga ari muduku zvikuru muchiuto cheFrance, zvichiita kuti zvibvire kuti aigona kumanikidzwa kudzokera kuPortugal uye zvichida kubviswa. Akasarudza kusimbisa nharaunda yairongwa yokubuda nayo munharaunda yeFort of São Julião da Barra pamhenderekedzo yeRwizi rweTagus, pedyo neLisbon.