Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Alava akashanda somubatsiri wehondo yomugungwa mukati menguva yesungano yeSpain neFrance asi akachinja mativi muna 1808 apo Napoleon
vakapinda muSpain. Cortes yeSpain yakamugadza kuti ave commissary (attaché wemauto) paBritish Army Headquarters, uye Duke weWellington, uyo aimuremekedza zvikuru, akamuita mumwe wevabatsiri vake. Pamberi pokuguma kwehondo akanga akwira pachinzvimbo chabhirigedhi mukuru. Gare gare akabatana nomuzinda weBritish Peninsular Army somumiririri wemauto uye akava shamwari yepedyo yaDuke weWellington. Munguva yeHondo yeWaterloo muna 1815, Alava aiva mumiriri weSpain kuThe Hague kumuzinda waMambo William I weNetherlands, izvo zvakamubvumidza kuenda kumutambo waDuchess weRichmond uye kuva padivi paWellington panguva yeHondo yeWaterloo.