The XIV Corps of the ''

Grande Armée The (; ) was the primary field army of the French Imperial Army (1804–1815), French Imperial Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Commanded by Napoleon, from 1804 to 1808 it won a series of military victories that allowed the First French Empi ...

'' was a French military formation that existed for several months during the

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. The corps was organized in the summer of 1813 and

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Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr 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

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, 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

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's victory at the Battle of Dresden in late August. Since it was assigned to garrison Dresden, the XIV Corps missed the

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in October. Isolated after Napoleon's decisive defeat at Leipzig, the unit endured the Siege of Dresden which ended in November with a French surrender.

Order of battle

Dresden, 1813

XIV Corps: Marshal Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr * 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 ** 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:

References

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