 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Soult akafamba kumaodzanyemba musi wa 30 Ndira 1809, achinanga kuPortugal. Pashure pokudzoswa pakuedza kwake kwokutanga kuyambuka Rwizi rwaMinho pakati paFebruary, mauto ake akafamba achienda kuOurense ndoyambuka zambuko ikoko. Vatasvi vemabhiza aSoult vakaparadza brigade yeSpain paLa Trepa musi wa6 Kurume uye II Corps yakapinda muPortugal musi wa9. Muhondo yeBraga musi wa20 Kurume, vaFrance vakakunda uto rePortugal raiva nevarwi vashoma uye varwi 22 000. Hondo Yokutanga yePortomusi wa29 kwakanga kuri kumwe kukunda kwechiFrench kusina kururama kwakaratidzirwa nokurasikirwa kukuru kwoupenyu hwechiPutukezi. Asi pasinei nokuva akagadzwa muPorto, Soult akawana kutaurirana kwake kwakagumiswa nemauto echiPutukezi akarongeka uye asina kurongeka pasi paGeneral Francisco Silveira uye akanga asina pfungwa yenzvimbo yaLapisse. 