 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - mauto eFrance akapinda uye akarwisa muna 1807, panguva yeKukombwa kweChaves, chikamu cheHondo dzePeninsular. Musi wa7 March 1808, mauto aSoult akapinda muPortugal kuchamhembe kuti abvise mauto eBritain kuIberia. Brigadier Francisco Silveira akapomerwa mhosva yekudzivirira Chaves, asi varume vake 6000 havana kukwanisa kutsigira kudzivirira kwayo, uye vakakurumidza kusiya nhare. Kuedza kudzivirira Chaves kwakaitwa naFrancisco Pizarro kwakanga kusina maturo, uye guta racho rakazviisa mumaoko emauto eFrance nokukurumidza pashure pokurwisana. Nemasoja akawanda kwazvo kuti asunge Soult akasunungura akawanda pasi pemhiko, kuitira kuti arambe achirwisa mauto makuru akanga adzokera kumaodzanyemba. Asi Francisco Silveira haana kurega, uye sezvo maFrench makuru akapfuurira kukurira mubatanidzwa weAnglo-Portuguese muHondo Yokutanga yePortoSilveira akatorazve Chaves. 