Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Byng akakundikana kubvisa varwi vokuBritain vakanga vakakombwa panguva yeHondo yeMinorca pakutanga kweHondo Yamakore Manomwe. Akanga afamba achienda kuMenorca achitungamirira ngarava dzakawanda dzainge dzaunganidzwa nokukurumidza, dzimwe dzacho dzakanga dzisina kumira zvakanaka. Akarwisana nezvikepe zveFrance pamhenderekedzo yeMenorca asi haana kubudirira uye akazosarudza kudzokera kuGibraltar kunogadzirisa zvikepe zvake. Paakadzokera kuBritain, Byng akaendeswa kudare rehondo ndokuwanwa ane mhaka yokukundikana "kuita zvose zvaaigona" kudzivisa
Minorca kubva pakuwira kuvaFrance. Akatongerwa rufu uye, pashure pokunge kukumbira ngoni kwakarambwa, akapfurwa akafa neboka revanhu vakapfurwa musi wa 14 March 1757.