 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kuputika muna 1640 kweHondo yeVakohwi, kana kuti Kupandukira kweCatalan kurwisana neHurumende yeSpain, kwakasiya nzvimbo huru yeHumambo iri mumaoko evapanduki nevavakidzani vavo vokuFrance pakati pa1641. Mauto eSpanish akanga ari munharaunda yakapoteredza Tarragona neTortosa kumaodzanyemba uye County yeRoussillon kuchamhembe, kunze kwedzimwe nharaunda dzezviteshi zvengarava dziri pedyo nemhenderekedzo yegungwa. Mutevedzeri wamambo weFrance weCatalonia, Philippe de La Mothe-Houdancourt, akaedza kukunda Tarragona pakati paMay naAugust, asi akakundikana, sezvo ngarava dzeFrance dzairwisa pasi paHenri dEscoubleau de Sourdis dzakanga dzisina kukwana zvakakwana kudzivirira kupinda muTarragona kwechitima chikuru cheSpanish. Sourdis akanga asina kumbofadzwa zvikuru nekukomba Tarragona uye akasarudza kuisa pfungwa dzake dzose mukutora Collioure kuti arambe achishungurudza uto reSpain muPerpignan. Cardinal Richelieu akamutsiva nemuzukuru wake Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé, asi nokuda kwehondo ya 1642 akatevera zvirongwa zvake uye akaisa mazhinji emauto ake kukunda Rousillon. 