Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan dogon lokacin da ya bi sojojin Birtaniya a arewa maso yammacin Spain, Soult ya ci nasara a yakin Corunna a ranar 16 ga Janairu 1809. Bayan Royal Navy ta kwashe sojojin Burtaniya, Napoleon ya umarci Soult ya mamaye arewacin Fotigal kuma marshal ya fara tafiya kudu a ranar 4 ga Maris. A Yaƙin Braga
a ranar 20 ga Maris, Faransawa sun kori wani babban rukuni amma mara karfi na 'yan bindigar Fotigal, wanda ya haifar da mummunan hasara. A ranar 29 ga Maris, sojojin Soult sun kai hari kan masu kare Fotigal a yakin farko na Porto kuma kisan kiyashi ya fi muni. Faransanci ya sauƙaƙe ta hanyar tsaron Portuguese kuma an kashe 'yan Portuguese 7,000 zuwa 8,000 ko kuma suka nutsar da su a kisan gilla da tashin hankali da suka biyo baya.