V Corps (Grande Armée)

The V Corps of the Grande Armée was a French military unit that existed during the Napoleonic Wars.

From 1805–1807, the corps composed mostly of French troops, and was commanded by Marshals Jean Lannes, Édouard Mortier, François Joseph Lefebvre, and André Masséna as well as Général de Division Anne Jean Marie René Savary.

In 1812, the V Corps was made up entirely of Polish soldiers from the Duchy of Warsaw under the command of General Józef Poniatowski.

[1] The corps suffered heavy casualties during the retreat, but managed to reach Warsaw and was later reinforced with new recruits.

After the disastrous Russian campaign, the V Corps was rebuilt in Magdeburg from newly formed French units in the spring of 1813.