Kupindira kweBritain muHondo yePeninsular kwaiva kutanga kwebasa rakareba muEurope rokuwedzera simba remauto eBritain panyika uye kusunungura peninsula yeIberia kubva kuvaFrench. Muna August 1808, mauto 15 000 eBritain - kusanganisira King's German Legion - akasvika muPortugal achitungamirirwa naLieutenant-General Sir Arthur Wellesley, uyo akadzinga chikwata chaHenri François Delaborde chaiva nevanhu 4 000 paRoliça
musi wa 17 Nyamavhuvhu uye vakaparadza simba guru raJunot revarume 14 000 paVimeiro. Wellesley akatsiviwa pakutanga naSir Harry Burrard uye ipapo Sir Hew Dalrymple. Dalrymple akapa Junot kusunungurwa kubva kuPortugal neRoyal Navy muChirongwa cheSintra chakakanganiswa munaAugust. Mukuvamba kwaOctober 1808, pashure pechitsotsi muBritain pamusoro peChibvumirano cheSintra nokudzoswa kwavakuru vakuru Dalrymple, Burrard, uye Wellesley, Sir John Moore akatora murairo wehondo yeBritain yavarume 30 000 muPortugal. Mukuwedzera, Sir David Baird, achitungamirira boka revashandi kubva kuFalmouth rinoumbwa ne150 inotakura inotakura pakati pe12 000 ne13 000 varume, inotungamirirwa neHMS "Louie", HMS "Amelia" uye HMS "Champion", yakapinda Corunna Harbour musi wa13 Gumiguru. Zvinetso zvokugovera zvinhu uye zvokutarisira zvakadzivisa kurwisa kupi nokupi kweBritain nokukurumidza.