Lhéritier's corps was present during the Battle of Dresden on 26 and 27 August 1813. Its three divisions were led by Generals Stanislaw Klicki, Collaert, and Auguste Étienne Lamotte. Klicki led the 9th Light Cavalry Division, Collaert directed the 5th Dragoon Division, and Lamotte commanded the 6th Dragoon Division. Meanwhile, General Pierre Claude Pajol led the 10th Light Cavalry Division which belonged to Saint-Cyr's corps. Pajol's division counted 4 squadrons each of French, Italians, and Poles. On the 26th, Pajol appeared to have taken command of Lhéritier's corps as well as his own division because one authority stated that he controlled 46 cavalry squadrons while the commander of the I Cavalry Corps General Victor de Fay de La Tour-Maubourg directed 78 more. This mass of cavalry was deployed to the east of Dresden in the Friederichstadt suburb. Yet, the same source assigned only 68 squadrons to La Tour-Maubourg and Pajol for battle on the 27th. Beginning at 6:00 AM, the cavalry supported by Marshal Claude Perrin Victor's II Corps advanced against the outnumbered Austrian left wing. The attack was a complete success and by 2:00 PM, the Austrian defenders were almost annihilated, losing 15,000 prisoners. Of the V Cavalry Corps, only the 26th and 27th "Chasseurs-à-Cheval" and 19th Dragoon Regiments were engaged.