Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi wa 12 July 1808 Robe akaenda kuPortugal, achitungamirira zvombo zvehondo zvaArthur Wellesley. Akanga aripo pa
Hondo yeRoliça musi wa17 Nyamavhuvhu uye Hondo yeVimeiro musi wa21 Nyamavhuvhu, uye yakataurwa mumatare. PaVimeiro iye akashandisa shrapnel shell kwenguva yokutanga, uye akafadzwa kwazvo nomuuyo wayo zvokuti akakumbira kugoverwa kukuru kwacho. Pakubviswa kweLisbon neFrance, Robe akatora zvombo zvaiva muimba huru. Apo hondo yaSir John Moore yakaenda kuSpain, Robe akaramba ari mutungamiri wezvombo muLisbon, pasi paSir Harry Burrard naJohn Craddock, kusvikira pakusvika kwaBrigadier-General Howarth muna April 1809. Pakudzoka kwaWellesley achibva kuEngland kuzotungamira mauto eBritain muPeninsula muna Kubvumbi 1809, Robe aive nebasa rekuchengetedza zvombo. Akatora rutivi mukufambira mberi kuzorwa naMarshal Soult kuenda kuTras os Montes, nekutora Porto muna Chivabvu. Akanga ari mberi muSpain achipesana naJoseph Buonaparte, Hondo yeTalavera musi wa 27 Chikunguru 1809, uye mukudzokera shure pamusoro peMesa d'Ibor kuenda kuTruxillo, uye kubva ipapo kuenda kuBadajos. Muna 1810 akagadzwa kuve mukuru weRoyal Artillery driver corps, uye akatora chikamu mukudzokera kumitsara yeTorres Vedras, kusanganisira Hondo yeBussaco musi wa28 Gunyana.