Kammala wannan jumla: A 1756, Suffren ya koma Toulon kuma ya tashi zuwa Lieutenant. A lokacin da aka fara yakin shekaru bakwai, an sanya Suffren zuwa "Orphée" mai bindigogi 64, wani ɓangare na rundunar jiragen ruwa 12 a karkashin La Galissonière da aka ba da umurni da ɗaukar mutane 12,000 a karkashin Maréchal de Richelieu don kai hari Menorca. Rundunar ta tashi a ranar 10 ga Afrilu, ta isa ranar 17 da kuma saukar da sojoji; Rundunar sojojin Birtaniya ta koma St. Philip's Castle kuma an tilasta masa mika wuya bayan yakin basasa.
Kewaye da Fort St Philip. Gudun tafiya tsakanin Menorca da Mallorca don hana taimako na Birtaniya don tallafawa Fort St. Philip, La Galissonière ya kama wani jirgin ruwa na 13 a karkashin Admiral Byng, wanda ya kai ga yakin Minorca. Birtaniya sun kasa karya takunkumin Faransa, kuma Fort St. Philip ya fadi a ranar 29 ga Yuli.