 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Kuramba kwePortugal kutevedzera Continental System kwakatungamirira kunzendo dzokuranga dzeFrance mukupera kwa 1807. Hondo iyi yakaumba hwaro hweHondo yePeninsular, iyo yaizotora makore matanhatu uye yaizopedza Umambo hweFrance zvinhu zvinokosha uye vanhu. VaFrench vakaedza kutora Spain muna 1808, asi nhevedzano yenjodzikwakakurudzira Napoleon kupindira iye pachake gare gare mugore iroro. Grande Armée ine vanhu vane 125 000 yakafambira mberi, ichitora nhare yeBurgos, ichizarura nzira yokuMadrid muHondo yeSomosierra, uye ichimanikidza mauto eSpain kuti adzokere shure. Vakabva varwisana neuto reBritain raGeneral Sir John Moore, zvichiita kuti vaBritain vabve muIberian Peninsula pashure pechiito cheushingi paHondo yeCorunna musi waJanuary 16, 1809. Hondo yacho yakabudirira, asi zvaizotora nguva yakati vaFrance vasati vakwanisa kutora Maodzanyemba eSpain. 