The XIV Corps of the Grande Armée was a French military formation that existed for several months during the
Napoleonic Wars. The corps was organized in the summer of 1813 and
MarshalLaurent 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
Dresden to watch the passes of the
Ore Mountains, which were the border between the hostile
Austrian Empire and the allied
Kingdom of Saxony. Saint-Cyr's corps played a major role in Emperor
Napoleon I'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.