The 14th Infantry Division already fought in the Hundred Days campaign in 1815, as part of General Gérard's 4th Infantry Corps, where it was abandoned by its commander, General of Division Count de Ghaisnes de Bourmont, who defected to the allied camp.

At the beginning of the First World War, it was mobilised in the 7th Military Region and formed part of the 7th Army Corps from August 1914 to November 1918.

The Division was first attached to the reserve of the General Headquarters, but between 15 May and 15 June, it fought at Rethel, Thugny-Trugny and in Champagne, and then withdrew to the Marne and the Loire.

Exceptionally, it retained its cohesion throughout the retreat, recovering lost soldiers from other units and equipment abandoned or stored in military depots.

Protecting the rear of the 1st French Army, the 14th Division ended the war on Lake Constance.