 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekukundwa muSpain nekutambura neFrance, Napoleon akatora basa uye akabudirira, akatora Madrid, akakunda veSpanish uye akamanikidza kubviswa kweuto reBritain rakapfuura zvakanyanya kubva kuIberian Peninsula Hondo yeCorunna, 16 Ndira 1809. Asi paakaenda, hondo yevagandanga yairwisana nemauto ake kumaruwa yakaramba ichisunga mauto akawanda. Kuputika kweHondo yeChishanu yeNyika kwakadzivisa Napoleon kubudirira kupedzisa mashandiro ake kurwisa mauto eBritish nekuda kuti aende kuAustria, uye haana kuzombodzokera kunhandare yePeninsular. VaBritain vakabva vatumira uto idzva raitungamirirwa naSir Arthur Wellesley akazova Duke weWellington. Kwenguva yakati, vaBritain nevaPutukezi vakaramba vari munharaunda yakapoteredza Lisbon kumashure kwemitsetse yavo isingapindiki yeTorres Vedras, nepo shamwari dzavo dzeSpain dzakanga dzakakombwa muCádiz. 