Among the initial Combat members planted in the occupied zone, there was an agent of the "Abwehr", Henri Devillers, involved in linking and communications between the parts of the movement in the free and occupied zones. Jean-Paul Lien, another member of combat, learned about Devilliers' treachery by accident from two German agents. Lien alerted Henri Frenay, who had no power to stop Devilliers. 47 members of Combat were arrested, 31 by the "Gestapo" and 16 by the French police, of whom only two would be released. They were tried by the "Volkgerichthof" (people's tribunal) and 23 were sentenced to death; this was referred to as the "affaire Continent". The movement was completely disbanded in the occupied zone between the end of 1941 and the beginning of 1942. Frenay decided not to rebuild there but to concentrate all his efforts in the free zone. A new movement was born from the ashes of "Combat-zone nord", "Ceux de la Résistance", founded by Jacques Lecompte-Boinet.