 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Habert akasimudzirwa pachinzvimbo chegeneral wechikamu musi wa25 Chikumi 1811 uye akagadzwa Baron weHumambo musi wa18 Chikunguru. Maererano ne15 Chikunguru 1811 kudzoka kweSuchet ichangobva kutumidzwa zita reArmy of Aragon, chikamu chaHabert chaisanganisira varume 4,433 mumabattalion gumi nerimwe. Yakagadziriswazve nokuda kwekupinda kweValencia munaSeptember, 3rd Division yake yaisanganisira brigade ye 2,119-yakasimba yaLouis François Elie Pelletier Montmarie uye brigade ye1,340 yaNicolas Bronikowski dOppeln. Suchet akasvika pachivako chakakwirira cheSagunto Saguntum musi wa 23 September. Pashure pokunge varwi varwisazve kurwisa kuviri kwakanga kusati kwasvika, Blake akasvika pedyo neuto rokuyamura. Musi wa25 October, mukuru mukuru weSpain akarwisa vaFrance kuti avhure Hondo yeSaguntum. Suchet akaisa divi raHabert kuruboshwe, pedyo nemhenderekedzo. Kunyange zvazvo vakanga vari vashoma, vaFrench vakakurumidza kuparadza mauto aBlake aiva kuruboshwe, asi mauto eSpain aiva nechepakati uye kurudyi akaramba achirwa. Habert akamanikidzwa kuramba rutivi rwake rworuboshwe kuti adzivise kuputirwa kubva mugungwa nezvikepe zvehondo zvomuvengi. Pashure pokurwisana kwakasimba pakati, vaSpanish vakagumburwa ndokutiza. Habert akatungamirira boka rake kuti vadzivise kutiza kwavo vachipfuura nomumusha wePuzzol, asi Varindi veWalloon Regiment noushingi vakachengetedza nzira yokupukunyuka yakazaruka pamutengo mukuru kwavari. VaFrench vakakuvadza vavengi vavo vanopfuura 6.000 nepo vakarasikirwa ne1000 vakaurawa uye vakakuvadzwa. Vanodzivirira 2500 vomuzinda weSaguntum vakakurumidza kukundikana. 