On 6 February 1814, Marshal Jacques MacDonald reported that his cavalry was in a bad state. He wrote that the V Cavalry Corps numbered 800 sabers which was half their nominal strength. The III Cavalry Corps numbered only 500 while the II Cavalry Corps had between 800 and 900 troopers. On the 10th, the III and V Cavalry Corps and General Antoine-Louis Decrest de Saint-Germain massed at Meaux to cover a river crossing. The combined force was 2,000 horsemen and 5 guns. Milhaud led the divisions of Piré and Briche at the Battle of Mormant on 17 February. At this time, Lhéritier's division was transferred to the newly formed VI Cavalry Corps. Milhaud's V Cavalry Corps participated in the Battle of Fère-Champenoise on 25 March, including the 23rd "Chasseurs-à-Cheval" and the 5th, 6th, 21st, 25th, and 26th Dragoons. The 6th Dragoon Division fought under the command of General Nicolas-François Roussel d'Hurbal at the Battle of Paris on 30 March.