The XIV Corps of the Grande Armée was the name of a French military formation that existed for several months during the Napoleonic Wars. The formation was organized in the summer of 1813 and Marshal Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr was named to command it. The formation was made up of four French infantry divisions, one cavalry division, and supporting artillery. The corps was stationed near Dresden to watch the passes of the Erzgebirge Mountains, which were the border between the hostile Austrian Empire and the allied Kingdom of Saxony. Gouvion Saint-Cyr's corps played a major role in Emperor Napoleon'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 Siege of Dresden which ended in November with a French surrender.
XIV Corps: Marshal Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr
42nd Division: General of Division Pierre-Louis Dupas9th Light Infantry Regiment10th Light Infantry Regiment11th Light Infantry Regiment12th Light Infantry Regiment39th Line Infantry Regiment40th Line Infantry Regiment43rd Line Infantry Regiment63rd Line Infantry Regiment96th Line Infantry Regiment43rd Division: General of Division Michel Marie Claparède27th Light Infantry Regiment29th Light Infantry Regiment27th Line Infantry Regiment45th Line Infantry Regiment65th Line Infantry Regiment95th Line Infantry Regiment100th Line Infantry Regiment103rd Line Infantry Regiment44th Division: General of Division Pierre Berthezène8th Light Infantry Regiment (two battalions)16th Light Infantry Regiment (one battalion)18th Light Infantry Regiment (one battalion)24th Line Infantry Regiment39th Line Infantry Regiment50th Line Infantry Regiment54th Line Infantry Regiment64th Line Infantry Regiment75th Line Infantry Regiment79th Line Infantry Regiment45th Division: General of Division Louis-Nicolas de Razout6th Light Infantry Regiment17th Light Infantry Regiment5th Line Infantry Regiment8th Line Infantry Regiment11th Line Infantry Regiment28th Line Infantry Regiment32nd Line Infantry Regiment60th Line Infantry RegimentCavalry elements:14th Hussar and Italian Chasseurs à Cheval Regiments7th and 8th Chevau-léger Lancer Regiments16th Polish Cavalry RegimentOther infantry elements:21st, 25th, and 26th Light Infantry Regiments34th, 37th, 58th, 76th, 79th, and 81st Line Infantry Regiments5th, 6th, and 7th Neapolitan Line Infantry Regiments13th Polish Line Infantry RegimentSource: Smith, Digby (1998). The Napoleonic Wars Data Book. London: Greenhill. p. 478. ISBN 1-85367-276-9.
