Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1756, Suffren laghachiri Toulon ma bụrụ onye Lieutenant. Mgbe Agha Afọ Asaa ahụ malitere, e kenyere Suffren n'ụgbọ mmiri nwere egbe iri isii na anọ "Orphée", nke so n'ụgbọ mmiri iri na abụọ n'okpuru La Galissonière nke e nyere ọrụ ibuga ndị ikom 12,000 n'okpuru Maréchal de Richelieu ka ha wakpo Menorca. Ndị agha ahụ hapụrụ na 10 Eprel, bịarutere na 17 wee dọta ndị agha; ndị agha Britain laghachiri na St. Philip's Castle ma bụrụ ndị a manyere ịhapụ mgbe ndị agha ahụ nwụsịrị.
Nchịkọta nke Fort St. Philip. Ka ọ na-agagharị n'agbata Menorca na Mallorca iji gbochie enyemaka ndị Britain iji kwado Fort St. Philip, La Galissonière gbochiri ndị agha ụgbọ mmiri 13 n'okpuru Admiral Byng, na-eduga na Agha Minorca. Ndị Briten enweghị ike imebi mgbochi ndị France, Fort St. Philip dara na 29 Julaị.