 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna August 1808, mukati meHondo yePeninsular, yechi43 yakarwisana muHondo yeVimeiro iyo yakadzinga mauto aNapoleon kubva kuPortugal. Mushandirapamwe wokurwisa vaFrench wakabva waenda kuSpain uko muna Ndira 1809 hurumende yakabatanidzwa mukudzokera kuVigo neCorunna; kuwana mukurumbira sechikamu chevarindi vekumashure kuuto vasati vadzokera kuEngland. Muna May 1809 1st battalion ye43rd, sechikamu cheLight Brigade yaSir Robert Craufurd, yakaenda kuPortugal kunobatana neuto raSir Arthur Wellesley. Pakumhara paLisbon 43 yakatamira kuSpain kunotsigira mauto aWellesley ikoko. Kufamba kwebhotani kwemakiromita 250 kubva kuLisbon kuenda kuTalavera kwaibatanidza kufamba kwemakiromita makumi mashanu nemaviri mumaawa makumi maviri nematanhatu mumwaka unopisa zvikuru wegore. Hondo yeTalavera yakanga yakundwa bataillon isati yasvika. Zvisinei, kambani yechi43 iyo yakanga iri muLisbon kubva muna December 1808 yakarwisana muhondo sechikamu cheGeneral Richard Stewarts brigade. Muna 1810 43rd yakaumba chikamu cheChiedza Chikamu pasi pehutungamiri hwaSir Robert Craufurd. I43 yakarwa muhondo yekuyambuka kweCoa muna Chikunguru 1810, Hondo yeBussaco munaGunyana 1810 uye Hondo yeSabugal muna Kubvumbi 1811. Rechi43 rakatorawo rutivi muHondo yeFuentes de OñoroMuna May 1811, kurwiswa kweguta reCiudad Rodrigo muna Ndira 1812 uye kukombwa kweBadajoz muna Kubvumbi 1812; pavakapamba mhirizhonga, 43rd yakarasikirwa nevakuru makumi maviri nevarume mazana matatu nemakumi matatu nemashanu. 