Skirmish at the Quad battlements

This skirmish was one of the conflicts of the Battle of Hogwarts. After Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters managed to break the protective enchantments around Hogwarts Castle at midnight of 2 May, 1998, the Death Eater forces led their attack toward the Castle and fought their way through the grounds into the Quad battlements and catwalks, where they apparently broke into Hogwarts Castle.

Background
After Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters managed to break the protective enchantments around Hogwarts Castle, the Battle of Hogwarts began. Duels broke out in the grounds as the Death Eaters made their way toward the Castle. A while later, the Death Eaters had made it to the foot of the Castle, and used giants to try and break into it.

The skirmish
As Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger made their way into the Room of Requirement to look for one of Voldemort's Horcruxes, wanting to know more about her husband Remus, Nymphadora Tonks sped after them; it is unclear if she took part in the skirmish.

Aftermath
This skirmish resulted, apparently, in failure to the Order of the Phoenix side. A short while later, the Death Eaters had penetrated the Castle's walls and duels soon broke out at the seventh-floor corridors filling the Castle with dust, falling masonry and glass torn from windows.

Behind the scenes

 * In the second film adaption of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows this skirmish replaced a skirmish that took place at the north battlements.

Appearances

 * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2