 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna 1808, Mambo Napoleon I weFrance akamanikidza Mambo Charles IV weSpain nemwanakomana wake Ferdinand kuti vasiye chigaro uye akaisa munununa wake, Joseph Bonaparte pachigaro. Apo vanhu veSpain vakamukiraNemhaka yokuzvibata uku kwoudzvinyiriri, mauto eFrance akapindazve munyika yacho muHondo yePeninsular. Kukombwa kweRoses kwechina uye kwokupedzisira kwakaitika muna 1808. Munguva yokuvhiyiwa kwacho, kaputeni weRoyal Navy wokuScotland, Thomas Cochrane akabatsira vokuSpain nokuisa varume vake muCastell de la Trinitat kuti vabatsire kudzivirira taundi racho. MuScotland akagara kusvikira nhare neguta zvapera, asati azvibudisa iye navarume vake. Muna 1814, apo vaFrench vakakundwa vakabva kuSpain, vakaputika masvingo eguta pamwe chete neCastell de la Trinitat. Panguva iyi, guta rekare, rainzi Ciutadella, rakanga raparadzwa chose chose. Munguvayi, kumabvazuva guta razvino uno rakapfuurira kukura zvishoma nezvishoma. 