 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - VI Corps yakanyatsobatanidzwa muHondo yeBussacomusi wa27 September 1810. Chikamu chaLoison chakarasikirwa nevanhu 1,252, kusanganisira mukuru webato Édouard François Simon uyo akabatwa. Chikamu chaMarchand chakarasikirwa nemamwe 1,173, nepo General Julien Augustin Joseph Mermet akataura chete 24 vakakuvara. Munguva yekudzokera kuPortugal, Ney akatungamira zviitiko zvakati wandei zvevarindi kumashure paPombal, Redinha, Casal Novo, uye Foz do Arouce pakati pa11 na15 Kurume 1811. Vhiki rimwe gare gare, Ney akaramba chose chose kuteerera murayiro wakananga wakaguma nokudzingwa kwake naMarchal André Masséna. Loison akatungamirira boka racho muHondo yeFuentes de Onoro uye General Claude François Ferey akatora mutungamiri weboka raLoison. Mukurwa musi wa 3 Chivabvu, zvikamu zvaFerey naMarchand zvakarasikirwa nevanhu mazana matanhatu nemakumi mashanu nevaviri, kusanganisira makumi manomwe nenomwe vakaurayiwa, makumi mana nevapfumbamwe vakakuvara, uye zana nemakumi manomwe nenomwe vakashaika. Musi waMay 5, zvikamu zvitatu zvose zvakarasikirwa ne107 vakaurayiwa, 804 vakakuvadzwa, uye 33 vakashaika. Nokukurumidza pashure pehondo, mutungamiri wehondo mutsva Marshal Auguste de Marmont akaparadza masangano emasoja, kubatanidza VI Corps. Pakati pavamwe, Marchand naMermet vakatumirwa kumusha. 