 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure peizvi, Lannes aifanira kuedzwa somutungamiriri-mukuru, nokuti Napoleon akamutumira kuSpain muna 1808 ndokumupa bapiro rakaparadzana rehondo kuti atungamirire, iro raakawana naro rukundo runoparadza pamusoro paGeneral Francisco Castaños paTudelamusi wa22 November. Muna Ndira 1809, akatumwa kunotora Zaragoza, uye musi wa 21 Kukadzi, mushure mekudzivirira kwakasimba kwazvo munhoroondo, Lannes aive nenzvimbo yacho. Iye gare gare akati, uyu Bonaparte akatukwa ari kuzoita kuti isu tose tiurawe pashure pokurwisa kwake kwokupedzisira muSpain. Muna 1808, Napoleon akamuita Duke weMontebello, uye muna 1809, kwenguva yokupedzisira, akamupa kutonga kwevarindi vepamberi. Akatora rutivi mukurwisana kwakapoteredza Eckmühl uye kufambira mberi kweVienna. Neboka rake, akatungamirira Mauto eFrance kuyambuka Rwizi rweDanube ndokutakura mutoro mukuru, naMarchal André Masséna, paHondo yeAspern-Essling. 