 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Hondo yePeninsular yakanga yatanga muPortugal neKupinda kwePortugal 1807uye yakapfuurira kutozosvikira muna 1814. Muna September 1810 Masséna akaita muFrance wechitatu kuedza kutora Portugal neuto rake rakasimba revanhu 65 000 vachirwisana muHondo yeBussaco, asi Wellington akadzosa mauto ake kumaodzanyemba. Mauto eFrance aitungamirirwa naMasséna akatevera Wellington ndokuwana nyika isina zvibereko isina vagari, sezvo varimi vechiPutukezi vakanga vasiya mapurazi avo mushure mekuparadza zvokudya zvose zvavakanga vasingakwanisi kutora navo uye chero chimwe chinhu chingave chinobatsira kuFrance sezvinodiwa nemutemo wepasi rakatsva. Musi wa11 Gumiguru 1810, Massena aine varume 61 000 vakawana Wellington kumashure kwenzvimbo yekudzivirira isingapfuurike, iyo Mitsetse yeTorres Vedras inoumbwa nenhare nedzimwe dziviriro dzechiuto dzakavakwa muchivande chakazara kudzivirira nzira chete yekuenda kuLisbon kubva kuchamhembe. Kushaikwa kwezvokudya nezvokudya zvaifanira kureva kuti Masséna akamanikidzwa kudzokera kuchamhembe, achitanga usiku hwa1415 November 1810, kuti awane nzvimbo yakanga isina kuiswa pasi pemutemo wenyika yakatsva. VaFrench vakatsungirira kusvika munaFebruary kunyange zvazvo Iberian peninsula yakanga yatambura imwe yechando inotonhora zvikuru yakanga yamboziva, asi apo nzara nezvirwere zvakanyatsotanga, Masséna akarayira kudzokera kumashure pakutanga kwaMarch 1811 akarasikirwa nevamwe varume 21 000. 