<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngemva kweCorunna, uSoult wagxila ekuhlaselweni kwePortugal. Uma sibala amabutho asezingeni eliphansi nabagulayo, i-II Corps kaSoult yayinamadoda angu-20 000 ayesebenza. Wahlasela isisekelo semikhumbi yempi yaseSpain eFerrol ngoJanuwari 26, 1809, wathatha imikhumbi eyisishiyagalombili yomugqa, ama-frigate amathathu, iziboshwa eziyizinkulungwane eziningana kanye nezibhamu ezingama-20,000 zeBrown Bess, ezazisetshenziselwa ukuhlomisa kabusha amasosha aseFrance. Ngo-March 1809, uSoult wahlasela iPortugal ngokusebenzisa umhubhe osenyakatho, namabutho asePortugal angu-12 000 kaFrancisco da Silveira ehlakazeka phakathi kwezibhelu nokungahleleki, futhi ezinsukwini ezimbili zokuwela umngcele uSoult wayesethathe inqaba yaseChaves. Njengoba ayebheke ngasentshonalanga, amabutho angu-16 000 kaSoult angomakadebona ahlasela futhi abulala amaPutukezi angu-4 000 kwangu-25 000 ayengakulungele futhi engaqondisiwe e-  <response>: IBraga ngezindleko zamaFulentshi angu-200. Empini Yokuqala yasePorto ngoMashi 29, abavikeli basePortugal baqala ukwethuka futhi balahlekelwa phakathi kwamadoda ayizi-6.000 no-20.000 abulawa, alimala noma athunjwa kanye nenani elikhulu lezinsiza. I-Soult yalahlekelwa abantu abangaphansi kuka-500 futhi yayisivikele idolobha lesibili lasePortugal nezakhiwo zalo eziyigugu zemikhumbi yezikebhe nezikhali. USoult wama ePorto ukuze avuselele ibutho lakhe ngaphambi kokuba aye eLisbon. 