Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
French Spanish Expedition yakaumbwa kuti ipinde muUmambo hweSpain uye kubvisa Trienio Liberal mukutsigira Mambo Ferdinand VII. Sechikamu chetsvakurudzo iyi, hurumende yakaunganidzwa musi wa 8 February 1823 apo yakasiya nzvimbo yayo muEpinal kuBayonne. Pakupera kwaMarch, hurumende yakabatana neReserve Corps pasi pehutungamiri hweGeneral Étienne Tardif de Pommeroux, Count de Bordesoulle. Pakutanga kwehondo, chikwata ichi chaive chakakomberedza Orthez pakutanga, ndokuzoyambuka Bidasoa musi wa 27 Kubvumbi. Sezvo mushandirapamwe wakafambira mberi, hurumende yakanga yakavakirwa mumaguta akawanda kusanganisira mazhinji ayo aimbova varwi vakatsamwira mazita, saVitoria, Burgos, Valladolid, uye Madrid, uye pakupedzisira Toledo kusvika pakupera kwaMay. Zvichitevera kuguma kwekupinda kwakabudirira, uto rakabviswa kuburikidza neMadrid, Talavera, uye Aranjuez vasati vadzokera kuBayonne vasina kumboona chero hondo huru.