 On top, Napoleon created a cavalry reserve of 22,000 troopers organized into two cuirassier divisions, four mounted dragoon divisions and two divisions of dismounted dragoons and light cavalry, all supported by 24 artillery pieces.By 1805, La Grande Armée had grown to a force of 350,000, was equipped and trained.It possessed a competent officer class where almost all from sergeants to marshals had experience in the recent Revolutionary Wars.