Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakutanga kweHondo yePeninsular, France neSpain dzakasaina Chibvumirano cheFontainebleau muna October 1807. Ikoku kwakagovera nokuda kwokudenha nokuparadzaniswa kwakatevera kwenharaunda yePortugal muumambo hutatu. Zvichitevera izvi, mauto eFrance aitungamirirwa naGeneral Junot akapinda muPortugal, iyo yakakumbira rutsigiro kubva kuBritain. Muna July 1808 mauto aitungamirirwa naDuke weWellington, panguva iyoyo aizivikanwa saArthur Wellesley, akasvika muPortugal ndokukunda mauto eFrance muHondo 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 akakundazve vaFrench muHondo yeTalavera.