Ludwig Wilhelm Anton, Count Baillet de Latour-Merlemont (12 February 1753 - 1 September 1836) served as an Austrian general during the French Revolutionary Wars.

From a noble family, he joined the Austrian army as a volunteer in 1767 and fought in the War of the Bavarian Succession as a commissioned officer.

[1] Ludwig Wilhelm Anton, Count Baillet de Latour-Merlemont was born on 12 February 1753 at Latour Castle near Virton in the Austrian Netherlands (modern-day Belgium).

[2] On 2 February 1788, Count Baillet was promoted Oberst[2] in command of the Austrian Klebeck Infantry Regiment Nr.

In 1792, the regiment was moved to the middle Rhine in the corps of Friedrich Wilhelm, Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Kirchberg.

Ludwig Wilhelm Anton was called Count Baillet or Baillet-Merlemont to distinguish him from his older brother.

The French commander Jean Victor Marie Moreau determined to strike at Latour's army in order to cripple it.

[7] On 30 September, Latour's vanguard under Baillet bumped into a stronger French force at Bad Schussenried and lost 300 prisoners.

On 2 October, at the Battle of Biberach, Baillet commanded the Austrian center with 6 or 7 infantry battalions and 12 cavalry squadrons.

[6] At the start of the War of the Second Coalition, Count Baillet commanded a division in the army of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen in Swabia.

In the Battle of Iller River (Erolzheim) on 5 June, Baillet led a corps of 8 battalions and 10 squadrons.

This included 8,346 infantry and 2,520 cavalry organized into two divisions under Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg and Friedrich Karl Wilhelm, Fürst zu Hohenlohe.

[14] Archduke John and Weyrother wrongly believed that the French were retreating, so the columns were urged to rapidly march west.

When the sounds of firing erupted on both sides, Baillet sent units both north and south to establish contact with the neighboring columns.

[19] On 7 October, Mack became aware that Napoleon's army was crossing the Danube in his rear, but he failed to order a retreat.

[20] On 13 October, Mack sent Werneck's corps marching northeast to Heidenheim an der Brenz, while the rest of the Austrian army was bottled up near Ulm.

On 18 October 1805, Murat with 28,000 troops compelled Werneck to surrender 15,000 men, 28 guns, and 12 colors at Trochtelfingen, a village 8 km (5 mi) west of Nördlingen.

The terms of the capitulation included the surrender of the Reserve Artillery convoys at Kirchheim am Ries and Wallerstein.