The Pegasus operation required the combined efforts of MI9, the Dutch Resistance, and British and American soldiers. The Dutch Resistance was asked to collect the stranded soldiers from their hiding places and take them to a location near the village of Renkum, west of Arnhem on the German-controlled north side of the lower Rhine River. From the south bank of the river, controlled by the allies, the Royal Engineers of the British Army crossed the river in rowboats accompanied by American paratroopers who were there to provide combat support, if needed. Neave and Fraser of MI9 set up a command center in a farmhouse near Randwijk to greet the evaders on the southern bank of the Rhine after they had successfully crossed.