 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1809, Wellesley akagadzwa kuva mumiriri kuSpain. Akasvika kuCádiz pashure chaipo peHondo yeTalavera, uye akaedza pasina kubudirira kuunza hurumende yeSpanish mukushandira pamwe nemukoma wake, uyo, nekuda kwekukundikana kwevabatsiri vake, akamanikidzwa kudzokera kuPortugal. Mwedzi mishomanana gare gare, pashure pokurwisana kwaGeorge Canning naRobert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, uye kusiya basa kwavose vari vaviri, Wellesley akagamuchira nzvimbo yoMunyori weZvekunze muhurumende yaSpencer Perceval. Kusiyana nomukoma wake Arthur, akanga ari mukurukuri anotaura zvakanaka, asi akanga achitambura nekusaziva kusingatsananguriki apo sezviri pachena akanga asingazivi zvakanga zvakamupoteredza. 