ARCOLE, a village of N. Italy, 16m. E.S.E. of Verona, on the Alpone stream near the confluence with the Adige below Verona. The village names the three days' battle of Arcole (Nov. 15, 16, 17, 1796), in which Napoleon defeated the Austrians com manded by Allvintzy. This battle, perhaps the most critical in Napoleon's early career, is dealt with under FRENCH REVOLU TIONARY WARS. Its close was signalized by the astonishingly successful ruse of sending a few French trumpeters to sound the charge in the rear of the Austrian army. Pop. (town), 2,302.