Unfortunately, they couldn't!
Especially after Aberforth had just gathered the reliable people in the group, the situation on the other side showed signs of collapsing.
With no combat experience and no rigorous training, that motley crowd had been nothing but a disorganized rabble. It was perfectly normal for them to fall apart at the first sign of trouble.
The problem was that they could easily drag their reliable teammates down with them.
The best proof was Dumbledore's Army, which had just regrouped. They were mowing through the Acromantulas, utterly lacking their earlier sorry state.
After all, no matter how formidable the Acromantulas were, they were quite powerless when faced with Charms that countered them.
Many people did not understand why a problem that could be solved with a single Spider Repelling Spell had nearly caused the situation to collapse. Probably not even Albert, the one who had devised the plan, could explain it clearly to them.
Because even he had not figured it out himself.
But Mr. Tonks, who was also on the battlefield, understood.
A great many people completely panicked at the sight of Acromantulas the size of cars. They either turned and ran or hurled spells wildly at the giant spiders, only to find that many spells had little effect on the Acromantulas, if any at all.
Yet they had somehow simply forgotten to use the Spider Repelling Spell.
Mr. Tonks truly could not understand it. Or did they simply not know how to use the Spider Repelling Spell?
But if they did not know how to use the Spider Repelling Spell, why had they stayed behind? To feed the spiders? Since he could not make sense of it, he stopped thinking about it.
Mr. Tonks clearly had no intention of wasting precious time on it. He knew