By June 17, 1866, he was already promoted to Second Lieutenant within the
65th Infantry Regiment. During the
Third Italian War of Independence, he was given command of the Sirtori Division of the regiment and participated in the
Battle of Custoza on June 24, 1866, managing to earn the
Bronze Medal of Military Valor for his participation in the battle. He then participated in the
Capture of Rome and around the same time, managed to rescue civilians from a fire at
Grotte di Castro and for his service, was awarded the civil variant of the
Silver Medal of Military Valor. Baoudoin was then transferred to the 4th Bersaglieri Infantry Regiment in July 1872. He was promoted to Lieutenant on November 1, 1874, and in January 1884, to captain within the
11th Infantry Regiment. He was then an aide-de-camp in Brescia Brigade in September 1892 and later in December 1894, he was promoted to major and given command in the Macerata Military District. On April 26, 1895, Baudoin married Athalie Maria Hervey Brabazon on April 26, 1895. He then travelled to
Eritrea and he formed the 9th African Infantry Battalion on December 15, 1895, with volunteers from the
7th,
8th and
36th infantry regiments and left
Naples and landed at
Massawa on January 2, 1896. Assigned to the 2nd regiment of the 1st infantry brigade under General
Giuseppe Arimondi on the morning of March 1, 1896, he reached the western ridge of Monte Raio at 9.30. But after a short time, due to the withdrawal of the indigenous brigade of General
Matteo Albertone, he found himself in a critical situation. The 9th Battalion, supported by Baudoin's leadership, admirably held their ground against the Shewan hordes until becoming overwhelmed by increasingly larger forces and the Battalion was annihilated along with Baudoin himself as he was shot dead. ==Medal citation==