 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mukupera kwaJuly, 3rd Foot Guards vakatora rutivi muHondo yeTalavera, rimwe remakwikwi eropa uye anotyisa zvikurusa mukati mehondo. MaBritish aitungamirirwa naLieutenant-General Arthur Wellesley, murume akawana mukurumbira usingafi munhau yeBritish Army, uye nokukurumidza aizowana rukudzo rweDuke of Wellington nokuda kwaTalavera. Mauto eBritish neSpanish akanga ane vanhu vanenge 50 000 uye 1st Battalion yaiva chikamu che1st Brigade ye1st Division, nepo maFrance aiva nevanhu vanopfuura 40 000. Hondo yakatevera yaive nehasha, nevadziviriri veBritish vakagamuchira kurwiswa kwekutanga husiku hwa27 Chikunguru, kurwiswa kwakapotsa kwakamanikidza maBritish kubva kuCerro de Medellin, chikomo kuruboshwe kwenzvimbo ye3rd Foot Guards, asi kurwisa kwakabudirira kudzosera maFrance. Mumaawa okutanga aJuly 28 vaFrench vakarwisa zvakare, vachisangana nokuramba kwakasimba kubva kuvadziviriri veBritish. PaCerro, maBritish akaramba achingopisa maFrench akanga achiuya, uye akavadzorera, achivasiya vafa. Dzimwezve kurwisa kweFrance kwakaitika, pane imwe nguva, maFoot Guards akazviratidza zvikuru pavakadurura moto unoparadza mumitsara yeFrance, kunyangwe maGuards akafambira mberi mushure mekutiza kwechiFrench uye mukuita kudaro vakava chinangwa chebattery reFrance rezvombo zvehondo uye vafambi veFrance avo vakanyatsobvarura maGuards, zvichikonzera mazana evanhu vakafa. Zvisinei, pasinei nokutambura zvinotyisa, varindi vakakwanisa kuchinja uye, pamwe chete nemamwe mabhatani ehondo, vakatanga mumwezve unyanzvi uye unoparadza moto kuti vadzore kurwisa kukuru kweFrance, izvo zvakakonzera kukuvara kunotyisa kwevaFrance. Hondo yeTalavera yakanga ine ropa uye yakaguma nokukunda kwevaBritain kunyange zvazvo pamutengo unotyisa, nevarume vanopfuura 5 000 vakaurawa kana kuti vakakuvadzwa, nepo vavengi vavo vechiFrench vakarasikirwa nevarume vanopfuura 7 000. Nokuda kwebasa rayo muhondo, hurumende yakakunda kukudzwa kwayo kwechishanu muhondo. 