Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Byng ya kasa sauƙaƙe rundunar sojojin Burtaniya da aka kewaye a lokacin yakin Minorca a farkon Yakin Shekaru Bakwai. Ya yi tafiya zuwa Minorca a kan jirgin ruwa da aka tara cikin hanzari, wasu cikin jiragensu ba su da kyau. Ya yi gwagwarmaya da wani jirgin ruwan Faransa a bakin tekun Minorcan sannan ya zabi ya koma Gibraltar don gyara jiragensa. Bayan dawowarsa Biritaniya, an gurfanar da Byng a gaban kotun soji kuma an same shi da laifin rashin "yi iyakar kokarinsa" don hana
Minorca daga fadowa zuwa Faransawa. An yanke masa hukuncin kisa kuma, bayan da aka ƙi yin roko don jinƙai, an harbe shi da wani firist a ranar 14 ga Maris, 1757.