The XIV Corps of the '' Grande Armée'' was a French military formation that existed for several months during the

Napoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...

. The corps was organized in the summer of 1813 and Marshal

Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, 1st Marquis of Gouvion-Saint-Cyr (; 13 April 1764 – 17 March 1830) was a French military commander in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars who rose to the rank of Marshal of the Empire. He is regarde ...

was appointed as its commander. The formation was made up of four French infantry divisions, one cavalry division, and supporting artillery. The XIV Corps was stationed near

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to watch the passes of the Erzgebirge Mountains, which were the border between the hostile

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and the allied

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. Saint-Cyr's corps played a major role in Emperor

Napoleon I Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

's victory at the Battle of Dresden in late August. Since it was assigned to garrison Dresden, the XIV Corps missed the Battle of Leipzig in October. Isolated after Napoleon's decisive defeat at Leipzig, the unit endured the

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which ended in November with a French surrender.

Order of battle

Dresden, 1813

XIV Corps: Marshal

* 42nd Division: General of Division Pierre-Louis Dupas ** 9th Light Infantry Regiment ** 10th Light Infantry Regiment ** 11th Light Infantry Regiment ** 12th Light Infantry Regiment ** 39th Line Infantry Regiment ** 40th Line Infantry Regiment ** 43rd Line Infantry Regiment ** 63rd Line Infantry Regiment ** 96th Line Infantry Regiment * 43rd Division: General of Division Michel Marie Claparède ** 27th Light Infantry Regiment ** 29th Light Infantry Regiment ** 27th Line Infantry Regiment ** 45th Line Infantry Regiment ** 65th Line Infantry Regiment ** 95th Line Infantry Regiment ** 100th Line Infantry Regiment ** 103rd Line Infantry Regiment * 44th Division: General of Division

Pierre Berthezène Pierre, baron Berthezène (24 March 1775, Vendargues - 9 October 1847, Vendargues) was a French general. Life Early military career Pierre's parents, Jacques Berthezène and Marguerite Causse, were from a modest background. They chose a career ...

** 8th Light Infantry Regiment (2 battalions) ** 16th Light Infantry Regiment (1 battalion) ** 18th Light Infantry Regiment (1 battalion) ** 24th Line Infantry Regiment ** 39th Line Infantry Regiment ** 50th Line Infantry Regiment ** 54th Line Infantry Regiment ** 64th Line Infantry Regiment ** 75th Line Infantry Regiment ** 79th Line Infantry Regiment * 45th Division: General of Division Louis-Nicolas de Razout ** 6th Light Infantry Regiment ** 17th Light Infantry Regiment ** 5th Line Infantry Regiment ** 8th Line Infantry Regiment ** 11th Line Infantry Regiment ** 28th Line Infantry Regiment ** 32nd Line Infantry Regiment ** 60th Line Infantry Regiment * Cavalry elements: ** 14th Hussar and Italian ''Chasseurs-à-Cheval'' Regiments ** 7th and 8th ''Chevau-léger'' Lancer Regiments ** 16th Polish Cavalry Regiment * Other infantry elements: ** 21st, 25th, and 26th Light Infantry Regiments ** 34th, 37th, 58th, 76th, 79th, and 81st Line Infantry Regiments ** 5th, 6th, and 7th Neapolitan Line Infantry Regiments ** 13th Polish Line Infantry Regiment Source:

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