<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: I-Spanish Supreme Central and Governing Junta yoMbuso yaphoqeleka ngokucindezelwa abantu ukuba imise iCortes yaseCádiz ehlobo lika-1809. I-Junta yafika nalokho eyayithemba ukuthi kuzoba isu lokunqoba impi, ukuhlasela okubili ukuze kuthathwe iMadrid, okubandakanya amasosha angaphezu kuka-100 000 emabuthweni amathathu ngaphansi kukaDuke del Parque, uJuan Carlos de Aréizaga kanye noDuke wase-Alburquerque. UDel Parque wanqoba i-VI Corps kaJean Gabriel Marchand e-  <response>: Impi yaseTamames ngo-18 Okthoba 1809 futhi yahlala eSalamanca ngo-25 Okthoba. UMarchand wathathelwa isikhundla nguFrançois Étienne de Kellermann, owaletha izinsiza ngesimo samadoda akhe kanye nebutho likaGeneral of Brigade Nicolas Godinot. UKellermann wahlasela isikhundla sikaDel Parque eSalamanca, esashiya ngokushesha futhi sabuyela eningizimu. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, amavukela-mbuso esifundazweni saseLeón ayelokhu eqinisa imizamo yawo. UKellermann washiya i-VI Corps ibambe iSalamanca futhi wabuyela eLeón ukuze aqede ukuvukela. 