 Nyorai kupfuurira kwendima iyi - Muna 1807, mukati meHondo yePeninsular 1807-14, France neSpain dzakasaina Chibvumirano chepachivande cheFontainebleau chinogovera kupindirwa nokuparadzaniswa kunotevera kwenharaunda yePortugal muumambo hutatu. Mugore rimwe chetero mauto eFrance aitungamirirwa naGeneral Junot akapinda muPortugal. Portugal yakakumbira betsero kubva kuEngland nepo, panguva imwe cheteyo, mhuri youmambo yePortugal yakabva munyika yacho ichienda kuBrazil. Muna 1808, mauto echiPutukezi neeBritain aitungamirirwa naDuke weWellington akakunda vaFrance muHondo dzeRoliça neVimeiro. Ikoku kwakamanikidza Junot kutaurirana Chibvumirano cheCintra, icho chakatungamirira kukubviswa kweuto reFrance kubva kuPortugal. Kupinda kwechipiri kwemauto eFrance muna 1809, kwaitungamirirwa naMarchal Soult kwakamanikidzwa kudzokera shure. Wellington ipapo akasarudza kuvaka mitsetse yokudzivirira yeLisbon, kuti adzivirire pakurwiswa kupi nokupi uyewo kudzivirira kudzokera kwake uye kubviswa kunobvira kana akakurirwa nemauto eFrance. Nhare yeFeira yakavakwa sorutivi rwomutsetse wechipiri weMitsetse yeTorres Vedras. Kupinda kwechitatu kweFrance, kwaitungamirirwa naMarchal André Masséna kwakasvika kuLines yeTorres Vedras asi kwakanga kusingagoni kuapfuura uye pashure pemwedzi mishanu kwakamanikidzwa kudzokera shure. 