I te tau 1823 i hoki ia ki Paniora ki te whawhai ki te whakaekenga o Wīwī
hei kaiawhina ki a Sir Robert Wilson, nana nei i whakaara i tetahi ope o te ao (ko te nuinga o nga French) ki te awhina i nga "Liberal" i roto i ta raatau pakanga ture ki a King Ferdinand VII. I te timatanga o tana mahi tuku iho hei hoia takitahi i roto i te ope taua o Vigo, i whakawhiwhia a Light ki te rangatira-koronel. I whara kino ia i Corunna i Spain.