 Complete the following phrase:  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, Lhéritiers division was transferred to the newly formed VI Cavalry Corps. Milhauds V Cavalry Corps participated in the 