 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - January 1812 akaona kukombwa kweCiudad Rodrigo. Makambani kubva kuChiedza Chikamu, pasi pe 52nds Colonel Colborne, vakatora Francisco redoubt musi wa 9 Ndira, uye mushure mezvo vakavaka matangi ekurwisa kukuru, pasi pemoto wevavengi. Apo zvombo zvehondo zvakaputsa masvingo, kurwisa kwemakoramu mana kwakanga kwakarongwa nokuda kwaJanuary 19, Chikamu cheChiedza chakaumba chikwata icho chakarwisa kuputsa pedyo neConvent yeSan Francisco. Lt John Gurwood wechi52 akatungamirira Forlorn Hope, achiteverwa ne300 stormers pasi pokutonga kwaMajor George Napier wechi52. Kuputswa kwakaitwa uye nhare yakatorwa mukati mehafu yeawa, pamutengo mukuru. Pakati pavanhu 1300 vokuBritain nevokuPortugal vakafa paiva naCraufurd, uyo akafa mazuva anoverengeka gare gare. Mauto akatendeudzira ngwariro yawo kuBadajoz, imwe nhare yakasimba, iyo vaBritain vakanga vakundikana kutora pane imwe nhambo yapfuura. Chikamu cheChiedza chakachera makomba pedyo neFort Picurina, iyo yakadenhwa, uye yakagadzira mabhatiri. Musi waApril 6, kuputsika kwacho kwakaratidzwa kuti kwaibvira, uye Light Division yakarayirwa kuputsa kuputsika kwaSanta Maria. Sezvo Forlorn Hope yeLight Division yakasvika mugomba, vaFrench vakaputika mugomba. Mamwe mabhurikidzwa akasiyana-siyana nezvidziviriro zvepfuti zvakanga zviripo, uye mutengo wokuputsika wakanga wakakura. Wellington akarayira kuti vanhu vadzoke. Mune dzimwe nzvimbo, masvingo enhare akaitwa nokusimudza, achikurudzira kurwiswa patsva. Nhare yakatorwa, nemutengo mukuru vanopfuura 5000 vaBritain vakafa, uye kwamazuva matatu uto rakapamba ndokupamba taundi mukutsiva kusingadzorwi. 52nd ne43rd pamwe chete vakarasikirwa nevakuru 39 nevarume mazana manomwe, zvichikonzera kuderedzwa kwe252nd, avo vasina kuonazve basa muPeninsula. 