Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Way akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru mu29th Foot musi wa25 February 1808. Akashanda pasi paSir Brent Spencer kure neCadiz, uye pamwe naye akabatana neuto raSir Arthur Wellesley, vachidzika muMondego Bay, Portugal, musi wa3 Nyamavhuvhu. Akatora rutivi mu
Hondo yeRoliça musi wa17 Nyamavhuvhu, apo, paakawana nzvimbo ine varume vashoma nevakuru vechirongwa chake, iye, paakapomerwa nemuvengi, akanunurwa kubva kumapfumo eFrench grenadier nehunhu hwaGeneral Brenier, uye akaita musungwa. Akashandurwa nenguva kuti atore rutivi mumabasa muPortugal apo Sir Arthur Wellesley akadzoka muna April 1809. Akatungamira mauto akareruka eBrigadier-general R. Stewart's brigade, ayo akatungamira kufambira mberi kweBritish Army, uye aivepo mukuita kwekuyambuka kweVouga musi wa10 Chivabvu uye kukwirira kweGrijon zuva rakatevera, pakuyambuka kweDouro nekutora kwePorto musi wa12, uye mukutsvaga kwakazotevera kweuto raSoult.