Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Anson ya kula da Sojojin Ruwa na tsawon shekaru bakwai na Yaƙin, kuma ya kafa wani rukuni na dindindin a Devonport wanda zai iya yin sintiri a yammacin hanyoyin zuwa Burtaniya da Faransa. Ya damu sosai game da yiwuwar mamayewar Faransa na tsibirin Birtaniya wanda ya jagoranci shi ya ci gaba da karfi a cikin Turanci Channel. A shekara ta 1756 an soki shi saboda rashin aika isassun jiragen ruwa tare da Admiral Byng don sauƙaƙe Minorca
saboda yana so ya kare Birtaniya daga barazanar mamayewa, kawai don ganin Byng ya kasa ceton Minorca yayin da babu wani yunƙurin mamayewa. Ya bar Admiralty lokacin da ma'aikatar Newcastle ta fadi a watan Nuwambar 1756 sannan ya sake zama na farko lokacin da aka kirkiro ma'aikatar Pitt <unk> Newcastle a watan Yunin 1757.