In March 1814, Berckheim took command of an 1,807-strong cavalry division consisting of two brigades under Jean Nicolas Curely and Pierre Mourier. Curely's brigade was made up of the 1st (406), 2nd (492) and 3rd (179) Provisional Regiments of Hussars, Chasseurs à Cheval and Lancers. Mourier's brigade included the 1st Provisional Regiment (501) of cuirassiers and carabineers and the 2nd Provisional Regiment (229) of dragoons. On 14 March, the new division arrived in the field with Napoleon's army. On 19 March Napoleon personally accompanied two French cavalry divisions from Plancy-l'Abbaye to Méry-sur-Seine. Evidently, these were the divisions of Berckheim and Louis-Michel Letort de Lorville because the next day Letort was recalled to Arcis-sur-Aube with a pontoon bridge that had been captured. In a skirmish with Allied cavalry the following afternoon, Letort's division was driven back to Méry despite the assistance of Curely's brigade. That night, Letort set out again, leaving the pontoons with Berckheim. On 21 March, Berckheim's division joined the main army at Arcis. These actions were part of the Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube. On 22 March, Berckheim's division accompanied Napoleon's army as it moved east, crossing the Marne River near Vitry-le-François.