 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Pasi pekutungamira kwaNey, Loison akapinda mukubudirira Kukombwa kweCiudad Rodrigokubva pana 26 April kusvika pana 9 July. Apo VI Corps yakafambira mberi kupinda muPortugal pashure pokukunda kwayo, yakasangana naRobert Craufurds Light Division pedyo nenhare duku yePortugal yeAlmeida. Nenzira isina kuchenjera, Craufurd akasarudza kudzivisa vaFrench aine Rwizi rweCoa kumashure kwake. Achishandisa mukana wake, Ney akakandira divi raLoison pavakuru veBritain nePortugal muhondo yeCoa musi wa24 Chikunguru 1810. Varwi vokuFrance, vachibatsirwa ne3rd Hussar Regiment, vakakurumidza kukanganisa rutivi rworuboshwe rwaCraufurd. Chikamu cheLight Division chakatiza, asi mauto acho akakurumidza kuungana uye boka racho rakangokwanisa kutiza richipfuura nepabhiriji rakanga riri roga. Ney akabva aedza kupamba nzvimbo yacho, asi kurwisa kwacho kwakakundikana uye vanhu vakawanda vakaparadzwa. VaAllies vakashuma kurasikirwa 308, nepo kurasikirwa kweFrance kwakasvika 531. Kukombwa kweAlmeida kwakatora nguva kubva musi wa25 Chikunguru kusvika musi wa27 Nyamavhuvhu. Pazuva rokupedzisira, chimwe chinhu chakarohwa nomufaro chakaputika muhomwe huru yezvombo, chichiuraya varwi vechiPutukezi 600 nokukuvadza vamwe 300. Nhengo dzevarwi 4 000 dzakapona dzakabva dzangozviisa mumaoko avo. 