 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - chirongwa chaPitt chechiitiko chokutora Belle Île chakaiswa musimba muna April 1761 uye chakabatwa pashure pokukomba. Ikoku kwakagovera rimwezve denho kukudzwa kweFrance, sezvo kwakanga kuri rutivi rwokutanga rweFrance yeMetropolitan kuti igarwe. Pitt zvino aikarira kuti France ichapa miganhu, kunyange zvazvo akanga akagadzirira hondo yakareba kana zvakakodzera. Nhume dzakachinjaniswa, asi hapana rutivi rwakakwanisa kusvika pachibvumirano. Kuramba kwaPitt kupa maFrance chikamu muNewfoundland kwakaratidza kuva chipingamupinyi chikuru cherunyararo, sezvo Pitt akataura kuti angada kurasikirwa nekushandisa ruoko rwake rwerudyi pane kupa maFrance chikamu imomo uye akazoti angada kurega Tower yeLondon kupfuura Newfoundland. Newfoundland panguva iyoyo yaionekwa seinokosha zvikuru mune zvoupfumi uye mune zvematongerwe enyika nemhaka yebasa guru rokuredza raiitwa ikoko. 