 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Apo Grande Armée yakasiya mhenderekedzo dzeEnglish Channel kuti irwe muHondo yeChitatu Chibvumirano, Rey akapiwa murairo weCamp de Boulogne kubva muna 1805 kusvika muna 1808. Mugore rokupedzisira akapiwa zita rokuti Baron of the Empire. Akashanda semukuru wevashandi muLaurent Gouvion Saint-Cyrs VII Corps muCatalonia kutanga muna Nyamavhuvhu 1808. Zvingangodaro kuti akatungamirira boka revarwi paHondo yeOcañamuna November 1809. Rimwe bhuku rakataura kuti Rey akatungamirira varume 3.500 mumabhotani matanhatu. Zvingangodaro kuti brigade yake yaibatanidza mabhatani matatu rimwe nerimwe re12th Light ne43rd Line Infantry Regiments. PaHondo yeBaza musi wa4 Mbudzi 1810, akatungamira brigade kubva kuna Horace Sebastiani de la Portas 1st Division ye IV Corps inoumbwa nebato rimwe re32nd Line Infantry Regiment uye mabato matatu e58th Line. Akarwa paKukombwa kweTarragona muna 1811. Munyori wenhau dzakaitika David G. Chandler akacherechedza kuti Rey akagadzwa gavhuna wenhare yeSan Sebastián muna August 1811. Rimwe bhuku rakataura kuti Rey akakundwa naFrancisco Ballesteros paAlhaurín el Grande musi wa14 April 1812. Panhambo iyi akatungamirira simba revarume 3.000 rakagadzirwa nezvikamu zvitatu zve21st Dragoon Regiment, zvombo zviviri zvemauto, uye mapoka matatu akaparadzaniswa pakati pe43rd ne58th Line Infantry Regiments. Kurasikirwa kwechiFrench kwakasvika mazana maviri uye kwaisanganisira pfuti mbiri. 