Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Byng akakundikana kubvisa varwi veBritish 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 akatongwa nedare rehondo ndokuwanwa aine mhaka yokukundikana "kuita zvaaigona" kudzivisa Minorca kuwira mumaoko evaFrench
. Akatongerwa rufu uye, pashure pokunge kukumbira ngoni kwakarambwa, akapfurwa akafa neboka revanhu vakapfurwa musi wa 14 March 1757.