 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mauto aWellington aiva nezvombo zvina zvokurwa nazvo: Vafambi, vatasvi vemabhiza uye vapfuri. Mainjiniya akaitawo basa rinokosha muPeninsula, zvakadai sokuvakwa kweMitsetse yeTorres Vedras mutsetse wokudzivirira wenhare dzakavakwa kudzivirira Lisbon uye kugadzirira chero kukombwa kupi nokupi muhondo yose. Mauto makuru aWellington aiva uto rake revarwi vakanyatsodzidziswa. Haana kutongova navatasvi vamabhiza vanopfuura 2 000 pamberi pa 1812, uye zvombo zvake, kunyange zvazvo zvakanga zvine unyanzvi zvikuru, zvakanga zvakaderera kune zvombo zveFrance zvose zviri zviviri nhamba uye unhu. Yaiva nesimba iri iro Wellington akaronga kudzivirira Portugal kutozosvikira atora nzira yokurwisa muna 1812, achikunda vaFrance muHondo yeSalamanca. Akapfuurira kuMadrid, achisvika pana 12 August 1812 Joseph Bonaparte akanga asiya guta guru pashure pokukundwa paSalamanca. 