 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Napoleon akagadza Boussart Baron weHumambo musi wa 19 Kurume 1808 ndokutumira murwi akakuvadzwa zvikuru kuSpain. Muna 1808 aiva neboka raPierre Dupont de lÉtang muAndalusia. Akatungamirira boka revarwi raiva ne6th Provisional Dragoon Regiment uye raiva nevarwi 620. Musi wa 17 Chikunguru kutungamira kwake kwakabviswa neDominique Honoré Antoine Vedels division kuti vaende kuBailén. Zvisinei, Vedel akafamba kupfuura taundi achidavira zvisiri izvo kuti vaSpain vakanga vatora nzira dzokumusoro. Kutaura idi, Theodor von Redings 17,000-man-man Spanish corps yakasvika paBailén musi wa 18 uye yakatora taundi pasina chishoro. Ikoku kwakaisa varume 11 000 vaDupont pakati chaipo pemapoka aReding naFrancisco Javier Castaños. Muhondo yeBailén, Dupont akakundikana kupukunyuka musungo ndokukumbira migariro. Apo kurukurirano dzakanga dzichienderera mberi, boka raVedel rakadzoka. Varwi vaBoussart vakarwisa ndokutora vasungwa vanenge 1 000 veuto reSpain. Apo nhume dzeSpain dzakanyevera Vedel kuti kwaiva nechisungo chokuramba kurwa, akarayira varwi vake kurega kupfura. Apo Dupont akamuraira kusunungura vasungwa vakatorwa mukati mokukurukurirana, Vedel akaita saizvozvo. Sezvo Dupont akarega, Vedel akatanga kudzokera kuchamhembe maererano nemirairo yakavanzika kubva kumukuru wake. Gare gare, apo vaSpanish vakatyisidzira kuuraya varume vaDupont kutoti Vedel akabatanidzwa mukuzviisa pasi, Dupont akatumira murayiro kuna Vedel kuti adzokere kuBailén uye azviise pasi. Nenzira inoshamisa, Vedel akatevera murayiro wacho kunyange zvazvo boka rake rakanga risina kukombwa. Ikoku kwakawedzera zvinopfuura kaviri hwerengedzo yavasungwa vasina kukuvadzwa vakatorwa kubva pa 8 242 kusvika ku 17 635. Nepo Dupont namakurukota echiFrench vakadzorerwa kuFrance, varwi vakapedza nguva yasara yehondo vari muzvikepe zvejeri kana kuti pachitsuwa chakasviba cheCabrera uye hafu yavo yakafa nechirwere kana kuti nenzara. 