 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati ma1811, simba raVictor rakaderedzwa nemhaka yezvikumbiro zvokusimbiswa kubva kuna Soult kuti abetsere kukomba kwake Badajoz. Izvi zvakaderedza huwandu hwevaFrench kusvika pakati pe20 000 ne15 000 uye vakakurudzira vanodzivirira Cádiz kuti vaedze kupukunyuka, pamwe nekuuya kweuto reAnglo-Spanish rekuyamura revanhu vangangoita 12 000 vanofamba netsoka uye 800 vatasvi vemabhiza vari pasi pehutungamiriri hwese hweSpanish General Manuel La Peña, neBritish contingent inotungamirwa naLieutenant-General Sir Thomas Graham. Vachifamba vakananga kuCádiz musi wa 28 Kukadzi, simba iri rakakunda zvikamu zviviri zveFrance pasi paVictor paBarrosa. VaAllies vakakundikana kushandisa kubudirira kwavo uye Victor nokukurumidza akavandudza chipingamupinyi. Kubva muna Ndira kusvika muna Kurume 1811, Soult aine varume zviuru makumi maviri vakakomba ndokutora maguta akasimba eBadajoz neOlivenza muExtremadura, vachitora vasungwa zviuru gumi nezvitanhatu, vasati vadzokera kuAndalusia neruzhinji rweuto rake. Soult akazorodzwa pakupera kwekukurumidza kwebasa racho, nokuti ruzivo rwakagamuchirwa musi wa 8 March rwakamuudza kuti uto reSpain raFrancisco Ballesteros raityisidzira Seville, kuti Victor akanga akundwa paBarrosa uye Masséna akanga abva kuPortugal. Soult akaendesazve mauto ake kuti agadzirise zvinhu izvi. 