Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Muna 1807, muHondo yePeninsular (1807-14), France neSpain dzakasainirana Chibvumirano cheFontainebleau chakavanzika chaitaura nezvokupinda muPortugal uye kugoverana kwaizoitwa nyika yacho muumambo hutatu. Mugore rimwe chetero mauto eFrance aitungamirirwa naGeneral Junot akapinda muPortugal. Portugal yakakumbira betsero kubva kuEngland nepo, panguva imwe cheteyo, mhuri youmambo yePortugal yakabva munyika yacho ichienda kuBrazil. Muna 1808, mauto echiPutukezi neeBritain aitungamirirwa naDuke weWellington akakunda vaFrench muHondo ye
Roliça naVimeiro. Ikoku kwakamanikidza Junot kutaurirana Chibvumirano cheCintra, icho chakatungamirira kukubviswa kweuto reFrance kubva kuPortugal. Kupinda kwechipiri kwemauto eFrance muna 1809, kwaitungamirirwa naMarchal Soult kwakamanikidzwa kudzokera shure. Wellington ipapo akasarudza kuvaka mitsetse yokudzivirira yeLisbon, kuti adzivirire pakurwiswa kupi nokupi uyewo kudzivirira kudzokera kwake uye kubviswa kunobvira kana akakurirwa nemauto eFrance. Nhare yeFeira yakavakwa sorutivi rwomutsetse wechipiri weMitsetse yeTorres Vedras. Kupinda kwechitatu kweFrance, kwaitungamirirwa naMarchal André Masséna kwakasvika kuLines yeTorres Vedras asi kwakanga kusingagoni kuapfuura uye pashure pemwedzi mishanu kwakamanikidzwa kudzokera shure.