Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi wa16 Zvita 1812, Mendizábal akatumidzwa zita rezvematongerwo enyika reSeigneury yeBiscay. Akadana Dare reBiscay raibata basa, iro pashure pokubvumidzwa kweBumbiro idzva muCádiz rakatumira boka rebasa kuguta racho rine basa rokukurukura. Mumatanho ekupedzisira ehondo, musi wa31 Nyamavhuvhu 1813, akatonga rimwe remapoka muhondo yeropa asi yekupedzisira yeSan Marcial
. Nokuda kwezviito zvake, akashongedzwa nekuremekedzwa kwepamusoro-soro kwechiuto cheLaureate Cross yeSt Ferdinand, uye Laureate yeRoyal uye Military Order yeSt Hermenegild.