The first issue of the Combat newspaper appeared in late 1941 in Lyon, with a press run of 10,000. André Bollier replaced Martinet, the initial printer for the movement. He distributed the printing across 14 presses in the free zone, thus reducing the need for transporting papers from Lyon, and allowing the run to be increased. In May 1944, the newspaper had a run of 250,000. Bollier was also responsible for printing "Défense de la France" (the future "France-Soir"), "Action" (a paper with communist sympathy), the first issues of "Témoignage chrétien", and certain issues of the "Franc-Tireur" paper and "La Voix du Nord".