 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi waMay 2, vagari veMadrid vakapandukiraKupandukira kwakadzvinyirirwa neJoachim Murats elite Imperial Guard uye Mamluk cavalry, iyo yakapinda muguta ndokutsika-tsika vapanduki. Mukuwedzera, vaMameluke veVachengeti veUmambo vaNapoleon vakarwa nevagari veMadrid, vakapfeka turban uye vachishandisa zvombo zvokukanda zvinopinza, nokudaro vachimutsa ndangariro dzeSpain yevaMuslim. Zuva rakatevera racho, sezvakanyorwa naFrancisco Goya mumufananidzo wake unonzi The Third of May 1808, uto reFrance rakapfura mazana avagari veMadrid. Kutsiva kwakafanana kwakaitika mumamwe maguta ndokupfuurira kwamazuva. Kurwa kunoshamisa, kwokukurumidza kunozivikanwa seguerrilla chaizvoizvo hondo duku kwakatanga muchikamu chikuru cheSpain mukurwisana navaFrench pamwe chete navakuru vakuru veAncien Régime. Kunyange zvazvo hurumende yeSpain, kubatanidza Council of Castile, yakanga yagamuchira chisarudzo chaNapoleon chokupa korona yeSpain kumunununa wake, Joseph Bonaparte, vagari veSpain vakaramba zvirongwa zvaNapoleon. Mafashamo okutanga akanga ari muCartagena neValencia musi wa 23 May; Zaragoza neMurcia musi wa 24 May; uye dunhu reAsturias, iro rakadzinga gavhuna waro weFrance musi wa 25 May ndokuzivisa hondo kuna Napoleon. Mumavhiki mashomanana, mapurovhinzi ose eSpain akaitawo saizvozvo. Pashure pokunzwa nezvokumukira kweSpain, Portugal yakamukira muna June. Chikwata cheFrance chaitungamirirwa naLouis Henri Loison chakapwanya vapanduki paÉvora musi wa29 Chikunguru ndokuuraya vanhu veguta racho. 