Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I mahi a Alava hei kaitiaki o te moana i te wa o te hononga a Spain ki France engari i hurihia i te 1808 i te wa i riro a Napoleon
i whakaekehia a Paniora. I whakatuhia ia e nga Cortes Paniora hei komihana (taua hoia) i te tari matua o te ope taua o Ingarangi, a ko te Duke o Wellington, i tino manakohia ia, i waiho ia hei tetahi o ana kaitohutohu de camp. I mua i te mutunga o te pakanga kua eke ia ki te taumata o te rangatira. I muri mai ka uru atu ia ki te tari matua o te British Peninsular Army hei kaiwhiwhi hoia ka noho hei hoa tata o te Duke o Wellington. I te pakanga o Waterloo i te tau 1815, ko Alava te karere Paniora ki The Hague i te marae o Kingi William I o Netherlands, i ahei ai ia ki te haere ki te poi a te Duchess of Richmond me te taha o Wellington i te Pakanga o Waterloo.