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 north battlements, where they, with the aid of giants, apparently broke into Hogwarts Castle.