they were smuggling young men who wanted to escape the draft across the main ridge and into central france. anyone who wanted to join the catholic oriented resistance group had to swear an oath before the french flag in the crucifix that they would follow the network's rules. at night the group's members distributed leaflets calling on the sation population to engage in open resistance. no decent alsatian will turn up at the conscription board every one of us must refuse to sign up. the governor of the region to haul but wagner was outraged which in turn spurred the group to carry out further operations eventually they were betrayed by one of their own members and from then on they worked under terrible risk.