Kammala wannan jumla: Bayan Corunna, Soult ya mai da hankalinsa ga mamayewar Fotigal. Ba tare da la'akari da garuruwa da marasa lafiya ba, Soult's II Corps yana da mutane 20,000 don aikin. Ya mamaye sansanin sojan ruwa na Mutanen Espanya a Ferrol a ranar 26 ga Janairu, 1809, ya kama jiragen ruwa guda takwas, da jiragen ruwa uku, da fursunoni dubu da dama da kuma bindigogi 20,000 na Brown Bess, wanda aka yi amfani da su don sake ba da sojojin Faransa. A watan Maris na 1809, Soult ya mamaye Portugal ta hanyar arewacin arewa, tare da sojojin kasar Portugal 12,000 na Francisco da Silveira da ke cikin rikici da rikice-rikice, kuma a cikin kwanaki biyu na tsallaka kan iyaka Soult ya kama sansanin soja na Chaves. Swinging yamma, 16,000 na Soult ta sana'a sojojin kai farmaki da kuma kashe 4,000 na 25,000 unprepared da undisciplined Portuguese a
Braga a farashin Faransanci 200. A cikin Yaƙin farko na Porto a ranar 29 ga Maris, masu kare Portuguese sun firgita kuma sun rasa tsakanin mutane 6,000 da 20,000 da suka mutu, suka ji rauni ko aka kama su da kuma wadatattun kayan aiki. Ya sha wahala kasa da 500 wadanda suka mutu Soult ya tabbatar da birni na biyu na Portugal tare da tashoshin jiragen ruwa masu daraja da arsenals ba tare da lalacewa ba. Soult ya tsaya a Porto don sake gina sojojinsa kafin ya ci gaba a Lisbon.