 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1804, Napoleon akagadza Jourdan saMarchal weUmambo. Akaramba ari muUmambo hweItaly hwakanga huchangobva kusikwa kusvikira muna 1806, apo Joseph Bonaparte, uyo munununa wake akaita Mambo weNaples gore iroro, akasarudza Jourdan kuti ave chipangamazano wake wehondo. Akatevera Joseph kupinda muSpain muna 1808; asi chigaro chaJoseph chaifanira kuchengetedzwa neuto reFrance, uye muHondo yePeninsular yose, vamwe vatungamiriri, avo vaitsamira zvakananga pana Napoleon, havana kunyatsoteerera Joseph kana Jourdan. Jourdan akapomerwa kukundwa muHondo yeTalaveramuna 1809 uye akatsiviwa naMarchal Jean-de-Dieu Soult. Akadzorerwazve somukuru mukuru waJoseph muna September 1811 asi akapiwa mauto mashomanana. Pashure pokukundwa kwakaipisisa kweFrance paHondo yeSalamanca muna July 1812, Joseph naJourdan vakamanikidzwa kusiya Madrid ndokudzokera kuValencia. Vachibatanidzwa nehondo yaSoult, iyo yakabvisa Andalusia, vaFrench vakakwanisa kutorazve Madrid panguva yeKukombwa kweBurgos uye kudzosera mauto eAnglo-Portuguese aWellington kuPortugal. 