go forth in that love this christmas - connectionjosette roussety secretary: ginette edouard the...
TRANSCRIPT
Im well Im fine Im here I stood by your bed last night I came to have a peep I could see that you were cry-ing you found it hard to sleep I touched you softly as you brushed away a tear Its me I havent left you Im well Im fine Im here
I was close to you at breakfast I watched you pour the coffee You were thinking of the many times your hands reached down to me I gently put my hand on you I smiled and said Its me You looked so very tired as you sank into the sofa I tried so hard to let you know I was standing there Its possible for me to be so near you everyday To say with cer-tainty I never went away You sat there quietly then smiled I think you knew In the stillness of that evening I was very close to you The day is over I smile and watch you yawning and say good night God bless Ill see you in the morning And when the time is right for you to cross the brief divide Ill rush across to greet you and well stand side by side I have so many things to show you there is so much for you to see Be patient live your journey outthen come to be with me - Author unknown ldquoGo forth in that love this Christmas holding your loved ones close and allow miracles to unfold around you I know itrsquos happened to merdquo Clancy Philippe
Volume 04 Issue 9
November-December 2011
MAURITIUS AUSTRALIA CONNECTION
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Go forth in that love this Christmas
K e e p i n t o u c h - S u b s c r i b e t o
R o u g a i l l e m a i l i n g L i s t
The Rougaille connexion
Subscribe to Rougaille 1
Croquette de Volaille 2
Air Mauritius 4
Les Rangeardieres 5
Golden Age Club 6
Grande Armeacutee 7
3ZZZ Mauritian Radio 8
Inside this issue
Special points of
interest
Love this Christmas
Croquette de Volaille
Subscribe to Rougaille
Your passport to the Mauritian Community
Visits to wwwcjpnet tops 4500 daily
P A G E 2 T H E R O U G A I L L E C O N N E X I O N N O V - D E C 2 0 1 1
Recipes by Madeleine Philippe httpile-mauricetripodcom
P A G E 3 V O L U M E 4 I S S U E 9
Mauritius Australia Connection Your passport to the Mauritian Community
wwwcjpnet
P A G E 4 T H E R O U G A I L L E C O N N E X I O N N O V - D E C 2 0 1 1
P A G E 5 V O L U M E 4 I S S U E 9
Family faces are magic mirrors by Clancy J Philippe ldquoFamily faces are magic mirrors Looking at people who belong to us we see the past present and futurerdquo This quote from Gail Lumet Buckley has never been truer for me than in the past two months You may remember that in our August 2011 edition of this newsletter I wrote about a historical connection between Madeleine Philippe (born Paruit) and Les Rangeardieres a country residence in Saint Barthelemy near Angers in France
In October I spent three days staying at Les Rangeardieres as guest of the current owners Monique and Francois Catta The connection is that Madeleinersquos great grandparents five generations back owned the property from 1807 to 1819 The family then included Claude Valentin Paruit his wife Agathe daughter Valentine and the two sons Auguste and Henry Claude Paruit was a very high profile figure both before and during the Napoleonic era In fact Claude and his two sons fought in the Grande Armeacutee during the Russian campaign and the Battle of Waterloo Auguste and Henry were boy soldiers only 17 and 16 years old then
Whilst listening to Monique and Francois Catta on the many events which took place at Les Rangeardieres one can feel the vibrant connections between the respective owners and their cultural impact on French society through his-tory The Paruits were well connected with the establishment Rene Bazin and Victor Pavie were very well known and respected within the literary world Rene Bazin who was a member of the Acadeacutemie Franccedilaise entertained and hosted very famous French writers such as Victor Hugo and Lamartine at Les Rangeardieres I was in great company
The Paruits were very well connected with Napoleon Bonaparte So much so that when Napoleon Bonaparte was de-feated at Waterloo and the Royalists were seeking revenge and executing the Bonapartists Claude Paruit left for Al-sace to escape attention and his sons Auguste and Henry fled to Ile Maurice (Mauritius)
I feel very grateful to Madeleine for leaving me with this incredible heritage The present lies in my presence at Les Rangeardieres and the future lies in passing this heritage to our children and the grandchildren This incredible ex-perience has also given me a new outlook on life in that we are all but a very small part in the continuity of life
The 270 years old country mansion located within Les Rangeardieres also brought to me the past present and future The past in that the Paruit family Madeleine an-cestors lived there from 1807 to 1819 the present in my presence at Les Rangeardieres with the Catta family and the future in the future generations to occupy Les Rangeardieres I can tell you that the history of Les Rangeardieres and its past owners is very well protected through heritage protection provisions put into place by the Catta family The Mairie de Saint Bartheacutelemy has painstakingly documented the history of Les Rangeardieres and published an information booklet on same I also met with Monsieur le Maire during my stay there He was most knowledgeable about the Paruits
During my stay at Les Rangeardieres I could not help reconnecting with the past present and future The spacious garden as well as extensions to the original mansion within Les Rangeardieres were designed and built by the Pa-ruits Whilst sitting in the open verandah overlooking the garden I could not help going back to the time when Madeleinersquos ancestors were living there
To quote Antoine de Saint-Exupery ldquoHe who has gone so we but cherish his memory abides with us more potent nay more present than the living manrdquo More so because Monique Catta (current owner of Les Rangeardieres) is the little niece of Antoine de Saint-Exupery
My stay at Les Rangeardieres left an unforgettable imprint with Madeleine more than ever spiritually present in me Note My wife Madeleine passed away in February 2011 after a 5 year battle with cancer
P A G E 6 T H E R O U G A I L L E C O N N E X I O N N O V - D E C 2 0 1 1
Meet the Committees of ManagementmdashClubs amp Associations
Meeting every Tuesday at Menzies Hall Menzies Avenue Dandenong North
You can contact the committee at Email address mgacp1928yahoocom
President Paule Collard Vice President Josette Roussety Secretary Ginette Edouard Ass Secretary Chantal Rennard Treasurer Jocelyn Joachim Assistant Treasurer Percy Candasamy Social Coordinator Lilette Thomas Assistant Social Coordina-tor Lilette Juste Tours Organiser Hadlet Vydelingum Assistant Tours Organiser Therese Savanah
The Mauritian Golden Age Club was formed on April 23rd 1989 Every year the Club celebrates its anniversary on the Saturday prior to Mothers Day The Club was founded because there was an urgent need to help the Elderlies of the Mauritian Community who were very isolated and were becoming housebound
The Club started with ten friends who wanted to get together now and then and have a good time Fifteen years later we now have 450 members
The members play domino lotto cards and exchange news etc Edu-cational talks from outside organisations such as the CFA the Drug and Safety Committee Chiropodists Dentists the Police Force Chemists and many others are also given to members The Club organises day excursions and week long tours around Vic-toria and other States To raise funds the Club has three fund rais-ing activities during the year a Mothers Day dance at which lottery booklets are sold a Fathers Day dance and a Fair which is held around the middle of October The Annual General Meeting of the club is held in August Club ac-tivities include a Family and Xmas day Dance
P A G E 7 V O L U M E 4 I S S U E 9
Lettre s d rsquoun je une soldat de la Grande Arm eacutee A u g u s t e P a r u i t d rsquo E s m e r y a g eacute d e 1 7 a n s
ldquoStrasbourg le 1er deacutecembre 181 3 Ma chegravere megravere Une seule de tes lettres nous est enfin arriveacutee apregraves trois semaines Quels moments terribles Pen-dant la retraite poursuivis par des ennemis redoutables nous eacutetions entiegraverement livreacutes agrave la merci de notre guide qui pouvait disposer de nous agrave son greacute O bon peuple allemand comme tu tes mon-treacute geacuteneacutereux Combien la France doit tavoir dobligations Ce souvenir ne seffacera pas de si tocirct Si ceucirct eacuteteacute tout autre pays ces montagnes couvertes de forecircts au lieu dassurer notre fuite nous auraient servi de tombeaux Aussi avec quel plaisir embrassai-je notre fidegravele montagnard quand tendant la main il nous montra du doigt les cocirctes de la France et apregraves nos remerciements et nos adieux se renfonccedila dans les lieux sauvages heureusement franchis Peut eacutetre a-trsquoil payeacute cher sa complaisance il y allait de sa vie si notre marche cacheacutee eucirct eacuteteacute deacutecouverte il serait tombeacute le pre-mier sous les coups de nos ennemis Mon pegravere eacutetait davis dattendre que la canonnade fucirct finie pour passer par Hanau Dieu sait com-bien il y eut de prisonniers faits dans ce maudit passage Jai donc eu une heureuse ideacutee sans compter que des chutes dangereuses eacutetaient agrave craindre dans ces terrains et ces fosseacutes remplis deau et de neige fondue quil nous fallut traverse Juge de mon inquieacutetude Javanccedilais agrave cheval derriegravere mon pegravere mais comme ce cheval nouvellement dresseacute et monteacute dabord par le domestique eacutetait accoutumeacute agrave suivre lautre je dus rapidement descendre une neige abondante et continuelle tom-bait depuis cinq heures du matin mes vecirctements devinrent si lourds mes membres si engourdis que je restais comme cloueacute Il eacutetait une heure apregraves minuit Aucun des soldats du reacutegiment polonais qui se trouvait avec nous ne voulut sarrecircter ni nous porter secours comme lautre bord du fosseacute eacutetait moins escarpeacute et plus facile pour retirer mon pegravere qui jusque-lagrave navait donneacute aucun signe de vie je passe la planche tremblant que mon cheval ne glisse aussi et ne tombe sur lautre la bride bien serreacutee sans perdre courage de toutes mes forces je le traicircne jusquagrave lautre bord aussi saisi que moi je descends le glacis et aperccedilois mon pegravere se deacutebattant au fond dun fosseacute Comme jobser-vais tous ses mouvements Enfin apregraves lavoir retireacute trempeacute je laide agrave remonter agrave cheval mais le cas pressait agrave tout prix il faut sortir de ces gorges quand cinq minutes apregraves il put parler je res-pirai Mon pegravere en fut quitte pour une contusion tout le long de la jambe droite encore noire au-jourdhui et une joue un peu meurtrie par les embrassements du cheval Moi je nai eu quune vio-lente peur Tu demandes si mon pegravere a perdu de largent il a heureusement sauveacute quelques louis et sa montre dor tout le reste a disparu Nous ne pricircmes notre guide que le lendemain apregraves avoir erreacute pendant huit heures environ nous trouvacircmes des officiers de dragons qui eurent pitieacute dune telle deacutetresse A cette lettre le pegravere ajoute un post-scriptum laquo Il ne nous est resteacute agrave chacun que la chemise que nous avions sur le dos Celle dAuguste eacutetait en lambeaux et sur lrsquoinvitation des Strasbourgeois il vient den faire hommage elle est peut-ecirctre en ce moment entre les mains dune belle dame qui en fait de la charpie cest agrave qui se distinguera dans ce genre doccupationrdquo Lettre drsquoAuguste Paruit drsquoEsmery soldat ageacute de 17 ans rdquoEn 1810 lrsquoAnglelcrre avait arracheacute agrave Napoleacuteon lIle de France franccedilaise depuis 1718 que Paul et Virginie avaient rendue si ceacutelegravebre et si chegravere Il fallait y conserver notre langue nos mœurs notre sang et notre dœur Une partie de la famille maternelle de Victor Hugo y est resteacutee eacutetablie Les habitants demeureacutes fidegraveles agrave leur meacutetropole y appelaient de tous leurs vœux des consolateurs des renforts Mes deux oncles (Auguste et Henry Paruit drsquoEsmery) entraicircneacutes par un mouvement ir-reacutesistible partirent sur La Nancy (jai lu le journal de la traverseacutee) pour lrsquolle de France redevenue icircle Maurice Mais cette terre africaine les deacutevora comme Sainte-Heacutelegravene deacutevora leur Dieu Na-poleacuteon Henry surveacutecut agrave son fregravere se maria lagrave et y a laisseacute des descendants mais Auguste au mo-ment de revenir en France mourut dune fiegravevre maligne agrave Port-Louis capitale de la colonie en juillet 182 1 agrave vingt-quatre ans suivant de pregraves dans la tombe Napoleacuteon et y preacuteceacutedant de peu de mois son pegravere Il ma souvent eacuteteacute raconteacute que mon grand-pegravere deacutejagrave tregraves affaibli agrave la nouvelle de la perte de son fils sentit tout deacutesir de gueacuterison perdu que un matin surprenant un journal oublieacute pregraves de son lit ougrave eacutetait raconteacutee la mort de lEmpereur quon lui avait cacheacutee lui qui souffrait de la mecircme maladie il laissa retomber sa tecircte sur loreiller en sanglotant il ne se voyait plus de raison de vivre quoiquil eucirct blacircmeacute lambition du conqueacuterant il ne ficirct plus que languir et peu apregraves seacute-teignit ldquo Raconteacute par le neveu Alexandre de Roche du Telloy
Note Auguste Paruit drsquoEsmery eacutetait le fregravere de Henry Paruit drsquoEsmery (arriere grandpegravere de Madeleine Philippe)
The Mauritius Australia Connection web site receives in
excess of 4500 visits daily and provides the Mauritian
Community in Australia with a communication network
that is accessible online 247
Its mailing lists reach in excess of 3000 subscribers The
message board provides a platform where visitors can net-
work with other visitors not only from Australia but
worldwide
The Recipes from Australia section has established itself
as the most popular Mauritian Cuisine web site on the
internet It consistently achieves top listing on search en-
gines such as Google
If you did not receive this newsletter directly from us you
subscribe to it by joining our mailing list at
httpgroupsyahoocomgrouprougaillejoin
Or send us an email at clancycjpnet
Mauritius Australia Connection PO Box 8605 Carrum Downs Vic 3201 Australia
Phone +61 412 018 505 E-mail clancycjpnet Published by Mauritius Australia Connection copy 2010
Linking the Mauritian Community in Australia wwwcjpnet This newsletter is published in good faith Please bring to our attention any inaccuracies and we will take due note Write to clancycjpnet with your feedback
MAURITIUS AUSTRALIA CONNECTION
Access our web site at
wwwcjpnet
Foods from Mauritius
Visit httpile-mauricetripodcom
For the horse racing enthusiasts you can get the latemail for Melbourne amp Sydney Racing at
httpwwwcjpnetmelbhtm
3ZZZ Mauritian Radio 923 FM Saturday 1200 noon to 200 pm transmitting from Melbourne Victoria Australia Recorded program also available online weekly through httpwww3zzzmauritiancom
P A G E 2 T H E R O U G A I L L E C O N N E X I O N N O V - D E C 2 0 1 1
Recipes by Madeleine Philippe httpile-mauricetripodcom
P A G E 3 V O L U M E 4 I S S U E 9
Mauritius Australia Connection Your passport to the Mauritian Community
wwwcjpnet
P A G E 4 T H E R O U G A I L L E C O N N E X I O N N O V - D E C 2 0 1 1
P A G E 5 V O L U M E 4 I S S U E 9
Family faces are magic mirrors by Clancy J Philippe ldquoFamily faces are magic mirrors Looking at people who belong to us we see the past present and futurerdquo This quote from Gail Lumet Buckley has never been truer for me than in the past two months You may remember that in our August 2011 edition of this newsletter I wrote about a historical connection between Madeleine Philippe (born Paruit) and Les Rangeardieres a country residence in Saint Barthelemy near Angers in France
In October I spent three days staying at Les Rangeardieres as guest of the current owners Monique and Francois Catta The connection is that Madeleinersquos great grandparents five generations back owned the property from 1807 to 1819 The family then included Claude Valentin Paruit his wife Agathe daughter Valentine and the two sons Auguste and Henry Claude Paruit was a very high profile figure both before and during the Napoleonic era In fact Claude and his two sons fought in the Grande Armeacutee during the Russian campaign and the Battle of Waterloo Auguste and Henry were boy soldiers only 17 and 16 years old then
Whilst listening to Monique and Francois Catta on the many events which took place at Les Rangeardieres one can feel the vibrant connections between the respective owners and their cultural impact on French society through his-tory The Paruits were well connected with the establishment Rene Bazin and Victor Pavie were very well known and respected within the literary world Rene Bazin who was a member of the Acadeacutemie Franccedilaise entertained and hosted very famous French writers such as Victor Hugo and Lamartine at Les Rangeardieres I was in great company
The Paruits were very well connected with Napoleon Bonaparte So much so that when Napoleon Bonaparte was de-feated at Waterloo and the Royalists were seeking revenge and executing the Bonapartists Claude Paruit left for Al-sace to escape attention and his sons Auguste and Henry fled to Ile Maurice (Mauritius)
I feel very grateful to Madeleine for leaving me with this incredible heritage The present lies in my presence at Les Rangeardieres and the future lies in passing this heritage to our children and the grandchildren This incredible ex-perience has also given me a new outlook on life in that we are all but a very small part in the continuity of life
The 270 years old country mansion located within Les Rangeardieres also brought to me the past present and future The past in that the Paruit family Madeleine an-cestors lived there from 1807 to 1819 the present in my presence at Les Rangeardieres with the Catta family and the future in the future generations to occupy Les Rangeardieres I can tell you that the history of Les Rangeardieres and its past owners is very well protected through heritage protection provisions put into place by the Catta family The Mairie de Saint Bartheacutelemy has painstakingly documented the history of Les Rangeardieres and published an information booklet on same I also met with Monsieur le Maire during my stay there He was most knowledgeable about the Paruits
During my stay at Les Rangeardieres I could not help reconnecting with the past present and future The spacious garden as well as extensions to the original mansion within Les Rangeardieres were designed and built by the Pa-ruits Whilst sitting in the open verandah overlooking the garden I could not help going back to the time when Madeleinersquos ancestors were living there
To quote Antoine de Saint-Exupery ldquoHe who has gone so we but cherish his memory abides with us more potent nay more present than the living manrdquo More so because Monique Catta (current owner of Les Rangeardieres) is the little niece of Antoine de Saint-Exupery
My stay at Les Rangeardieres left an unforgettable imprint with Madeleine more than ever spiritually present in me Note My wife Madeleine passed away in February 2011 after a 5 year battle with cancer
P A G E 6 T H E R O U G A I L L E C O N N E X I O N N O V - D E C 2 0 1 1
Meet the Committees of ManagementmdashClubs amp Associations
Meeting every Tuesday at Menzies Hall Menzies Avenue Dandenong North
You can contact the committee at Email address mgacp1928yahoocom
President Paule Collard Vice President Josette Roussety Secretary Ginette Edouard Ass Secretary Chantal Rennard Treasurer Jocelyn Joachim Assistant Treasurer Percy Candasamy Social Coordinator Lilette Thomas Assistant Social Coordina-tor Lilette Juste Tours Organiser Hadlet Vydelingum Assistant Tours Organiser Therese Savanah
The Mauritian Golden Age Club was formed on April 23rd 1989 Every year the Club celebrates its anniversary on the Saturday prior to Mothers Day The Club was founded because there was an urgent need to help the Elderlies of the Mauritian Community who were very isolated and were becoming housebound
The Club started with ten friends who wanted to get together now and then and have a good time Fifteen years later we now have 450 members
The members play domino lotto cards and exchange news etc Edu-cational talks from outside organisations such as the CFA the Drug and Safety Committee Chiropodists Dentists the Police Force Chemists and many others are also given to members The Club organises day excursions and week long tours around Vic-toria and other States To raise funds the Club has three fund rais-ing activities during the year a Mothers Day dance at which lottery booklets are sold a Fathers Day dance and a Fair which is held around the middle of October The Annual General Meeting of the club is held in August Club ac-tivities include a Family and Xmas day Dance
P A G E 7 V O L U M E 4 I S S U E 9
Lettre s d rsquoun je une soldat de la Grande Arm eacutee A u g u s t e P a r u i t d rsquo E s m e r y a g eacute d e 1 7 a n s
ldquoStrasbourg le 1er deacutecembre 181 3 Ma chegravere megravere Une seule de tes lettres nous est enfin arriveacutee apregraves trois semaines Quels moments terribles Pen-dant la retraite poursuivis par des ennemis redoutables nous eacutetions entiegraverement livreacutes agrave la merci de notre guide qui pouvait disposer de nous agrave son greacute O bon peuple allemand comme tu tes mon-treacute geacuteneacutereux Combien la France doit tavoir dobligations Ce souvenir ne seffacera pas de si tocirct Si ceucirct eacuteteacute tout autre pays ces montagnes couvertes de forecircts au lieu dassurer notre fuite nous auraient servi de tombeaux Aussi avec quel plaisir embrassai-je notre fidegravele montagnard quand tendant la main il nous montra du doigt les cocirctes de la France et apregraves nos remerciements et nos adieux se renfonccedila dans les lieux sauvages heureusement franchis Peut eacutetre a-trsquoil payeacute cher sa complaisance il y allait de sa vie si notre marche cacheacutee eucirct eacuteteacute deacutecouverte il serait tombeacute le pre-mier sous les coups de nos ennemis Mon pegravere eacutetait davis dattendre que la canonnade fucirct finie pour passer par Hanau Dieu sait com-bien il y eut de prisonniers faits dans ce maudit passage Jai donc eu une heureuse ideacutee sans compter que des chutes dangereuses eacutetaient agrave craindre dans ces terrains et ces fosseacutes remplis deau et de neige fondue quil nous fallut traverse Juge de mon inquieacutetude Javanccedilais agrave cheval derriegravere mon pegravere mais comme ce cheval nouvellement dresseacute et monteacute dabord par le domestique eacutetait accoutumeacute agrave suivre lautre je dus rapidement descendre une neige abondante et continuelle tom-bait depuis cinq heures du matin mes vecirctements devinrent si lourds mes membres si engourdis que je restais comme cloueacute Il eacutetait une heure apregraves minuit Aucun des soldats du reacutegiment polonais qui se trouvait avec nous ne voulut sarrecircter ni nous porter secours comme lautre bord du fosseacute eacutetait moins escarpeacute et plus facile pour retirer mon pegravere qui jusque-lagrave navait donneacute aucun signe de vie je passe la planche tremblant que mon cheval ne glisse aussi et ne tombe sur lautre la bride bien serreacutee sans perdre courage de toutes mes forces je le traicircne jusquagrave lautre bord aussi saisi que moi je descends le glacis et aperccedilois mon pegravere se deacutebattant au fond dun fosseacute Comme jobser-vais tous ses mouvements Enfin apregraves lavoir retireacute trempeacute je laide agrave remonter agrave cheval mais le cas pressait agrave tout prix il faut sortir de ces gorges quand cinq minutes apregraves il put parler je res-pirai Mon pegravere en fut quitte pour une contusion tout le long de la jambe droite encore noire au-jourdhui et une joue un peu meurtrie par les embrassements du cheval Moi je nai eu quune vio-lente peur Tu demandes si mon pegravere a perdu de largent il a heureusement sauveacute quelques louis et sa montre dor tout le reste a disparu Nous ne pricircmes notre guide que le lendemain apregraves avoir erreacute pendant huit heures environ nous trouvacircmes des officiers de dragons qui eurent pitieacute dune telle deacutetresse A cette lettre le pegravere ajoute un post-scriptum laquo Il ne nous est resteacute agrave chacun que la chemise que nous avions sur le dos Celle dAuguste eacutetait en lambeaux et sur lrsquoinvitation des Strasbourgeois il vient den faire hommage elle est peut-ecirctre en ce moment entre les mains dune belle dame qui en fait de la charpie cest agrave qui se distinguera dans ce genre doccupationrdquo Lettre drsquoAuguste Paruit drsquoEsmery soldat ageacute de 17 ans rdquoEn 1810 lrsquoAnglelcrre avait arracheacute agrave Napoleacuteon lIle de France franccedilaise depuis 1718 que Paul et Virginie avaient rendue si ceacutelegravebre et si chegravere Il fallait y conserver notre langue nos mœurs notre sang et notre dœur Une partie de la famille maternelle de Victor Hugo y est resteacutee eacutetablie Les habitants demeureacutes fidegraveles agrave leur meacutetropole y appelaient de tous leurs vœux des consolateurs des renforts Mes deux oncles (Auguste et Henry Paruit drsquoEsmery) entraicircneacutes par un mouvement ir-reacutesistible partirent sur La Nancy (jai lu le journal de la traverseacutee) pour lrsquolle de France redevenue icircle Maurice Mais cette terre africaine les deacutevora comme Sainte-Heacutelegravene deacutevora leur Dieu Na-poleacuteon Henry surveacutecut agrave son fregravere se maria lagrave et y a laisseacute des descendants mais Auguste au mo-ment de revenir en France mourut dune fiegravevre maligne agrave Port-Louis capitale de la colonie en juillet 182 1 agrave vingt-quatre ans suivant de pregraves dans la tombe Napoleacuteon et y preacuteceacutedant de peu de mois son pegravere Il ma souvent eacuteteacute raconteacute que mon grand-pegravere deacutejagrave tregraves affaibli agrave la nouvelle de la perte de son fils sentit tout deacutesir de gueacuterison perdu que un matin surprenant un journal oublieacute pregraves de son lit ougrave eacutetait raconteacutee la mort de lEmpereur quon lui avait cacheacutee lui qui souffrait de la mecircme maladie il laissa retomber sa tecircte sur loreiller en sanglotant il ne se voyait plus de raison de vivre quoiquil eucirct blacircmeacute lambition du conqueacuterant il ne ficirct plus que languir et peu apregraves seacute-teignit ldquo Raconteacute par le neveu Alexandre de Roche du Telloy
Note Auguste Paruit drsquoEsmery eacutetait le fregravere de Henry Paruit drsquoEsmery (arriere grandpegravere de Madeleine Philippe)
The Mauritius Australia Connection web site receives in
excess of 4500 visits daily and provides the Mauritian
Community in Australia with a communication network
that is accessible online 247
Its mailing lists reach in excess of 3000 subscribers The
message board provides a platform where visitors can net-
work with other visitors not only from Australia but
worldwide
The Recipes from Australia section has established itself
as the most popular Mauritian Cuisine web site on the
internet It consistently achieves top listing on search en-
gines such as Google
If you did not receive this newsletter directly from us you
subscribe to it by joining our mailing list at
httpgroupsyahoocomgrouprougaillejoin
Or send us an email at clancycjpnet
Mauritius Australia Connection PO Box 8605 Carrum Downs Vic 3201 Australia
Phone +61 412 018 505 E-mail clancycjpnet Published by Mauritius Australia Connection copy 2010
Linking the Mauritian Community in Australia wwwcjpnet This newsletter is published in good faith Please bring to our attention any inaccuracies and we will take due note Write to clancycjpnet with your feedback
MAURITIUS AUSTRALIA CONNECTION
Access our web site at
wwwcjpnet
Foods from Mauritius
Visit httpile-mauricetripodcom
For the horse racing enthusiasts you can get the latemail for Melbourne amp Sydney Racing at
httpwwwcjpnetmelbhtm
3ZZZ Mauritian Radio 923 FM Saturday 1200 noon to 200 pm transmitting from Melbourne Victoria Australia Recorded program also available online weekly through httpwww3zzzmauritiancom
P A G E 3 V O L U M E 4 I S S U E 9
Mauritius Australia Connection Your passport to the Mauritian Community
wwwcjpnet
P A G E 4 T H E R O U G A I L L E C O N N E X I O N N O V - D E C 2 0 1 1
P A G E 5 V O L U M E 4 I S S U E 9
Family faces are magic mirrors by Clancy J Philippe ldquoFamily faces are magic mirrors Looking at people who belong to us we see the past present and futurerdquo This quote from Gail Lumet Buckley has never been truer for me than in the past two months You may remember that in our August 2011 edition of this newsletter I wrote about a historical connection between Madeleine Philippe (born Paruit) and Les Rangeardieres a country residence in Saint Barthelemy near Angers in France
In October I spent three days staying at Les Rangeardieres as guest of the current owners Monique and Francois Catta The connection is that Madeleinersquos great grandparents five generations back owned the property from 1807 to 1819 The family then included Claude Valentin Paruit his wife Agathe daughter Valentine and the two sons Auguste and Henry Claude Paruit was a very high profile figure both before and during the Napoleonic era In fact Claude and his two sons fought in the Grande Armeacutee during the Russian campaign and the Battle of Waterloo Auguste and Henry were boy soldiers only 17 and 16 years old then
Whilst listening to Monique and Francois Catta on the many events which took place at Les Rangeardieres one can feel the vibrant connections between the respective owners and their cultural impact on French society through his-tory The Paruits were well connected with the establishment Rene Bazin and Victor Pavie were very well known and respected within the literary world Rene Bazin who was a member of the Acadeacutemie Franccedilaise entertained and hosted very famous French writers such as Victor Hugo and Lamartine at Les Rangeardieres I was in great company
The Paruits were very well connected with Napoleon Bonaparte So much so that when Napoleon Bonaparte was de-feated at Waterloo and the Royalists were seeking revenge and executing the Bonapartists Claude Paruit left for Al-sace to escape attention and his sons Auguste and Henry fled to Ile Maurice (Mauritius)
I feel very grateful to Madeleine for leaving me with this incredible heritage The present lies in my presence at Les Rangeardieres and the future lies in passing this heritage to our children and the grandchildren This incredible ex-perience has also given me a new outlook on life in that we are all but a very small part in the continuity of life
The 270 years old country mansion located within Les Rangeardieres also brought to me the past present and future The past in that the Paruit family Madeleine an-cestors lived there from 1807 to 1819 the present in my presence at Les Rangeardieres with the Catta family and the future in the future generations to occupy Les Rangeardieres I can tell you that the history of Les Rangeardieres and its past owners is very well protected through heritage protection provisions put into place by the Catta family The Mairie de Saint Bartheacutelemy has painstakingly documented the history of Les Rangeardieres and published an information booklet on same I also met with Monsieur le Maire during my stay there He was most knowledgeable about the Paruits
During my stay at Les Rangeardieres I could not help reconnecting with the past present and future The spacious garden as well as extensions to the original mansion within Les Rangeardieres were designed and built by the Pa-ruits Whilst sitting in the open verandah overlooking the garden I could not help going back to the time when Madeleinersquos ancestors were living there
To quote Antoine de Saint-Exupery ldquoHe who has gone so we but cherish his memory abides with us more potent nay more present than the living manrdquo More so because Monique Catta (current owner of Les Rangeardieres) is the little niece of Antoine de Saint-Exupery
My stay at Les Rangeardieres left an unforgettable imprint with Madeleine more than ever spiritually present in me Note My wife Madeleine passed away in February 2011 after a 5 year battle with cancer
P A G E 6 T H E R O U G A I L L E C O N N E X I O N N O V - D E C 2 0 1 1
Meet the Committees of ManagementmdashClubs amp Associations
Meeting every Tuesday at Menzies Hall Menzies Avenue Dandenong North
You can contact the committee at Email address mgacp1928yahoocom
President Paule Collard Vice President Josette Roussety Secretary Ginette Edouard Ass Secretary Chantal Rennard Treasurer Jocelyn Joachim Assistant Treasurer Percy Candasamy Social Coordinator Lilette Thomas Assistant Social Coordina-tor Lilette Juste Tours Organiser Hadlet Vydelingum Assistant Tours Organiser Therese Savanah
The Mauritian Golden Age Club was formed on April 23rd 1989 Every year the Club celebrates its anniversary on the Saturday prior to Mothers Day The Club was founded because there was an urgent need to help the Elderlies of the Mauritian Community who were very isolated and were becoming housebound
The Club started with ten friends who wanted to get together now and then and have a good time Fifteen years later we now have 450 members
The members play domino lotto cards and exchange news etc Edu-cational talks from outside organisations such as the CFA the Drug and Safety Committee Chiropodists Dentists the Police Force Chemists and many others are also given to members The Club organises day excursions and week long tours around Vic-toria and other States To raise funds the Club has three fund rais-ing activities during the year a Mothers Day dance at which lottery booklets are sold a Fathers Day dance and a Fair which is held around the middle of October The Annual General Meeting of the club is held in August Club ac-tivities include a Family and Xmas day Dance
P A G E 7 V O L U M E 4 I S S U E 9
Lettre s d rsquoun je une soldat de la Grande Arm eacutee A u g u s t e P a r u i t d rsquo E s m e r y a g eacute d e 1 7 a n s
ldquoStrasbourg le 1er deacutecembre 181 3 Ma chegravere megravere Une seule de tes lettres nous est enfin arriveacutee apregraves trois semaines Quels moments terribles Pen-dant la retraite poursuivis par des ennemis redoutables nous eacutetions entiegraverement livreacutes agrave la merci de notre guide qui pouvait disposer de nous agrave son greacute O bon peuple allemand comme tu tes mon-treacute geacuteneacutereux Combien la France doit tavoir dobligations Ce souvenir ne seffacera pas de si tocirct Si ceucirct eacuteteacute tout autre pays ces montagnes couvertes de forecircts au lieu dassurer notre fuite nous auraient servi de tombeaux Aussi avec quel plaisir embrassai-je notre fidegravele montagnard quand tendant la main il nous montra du doigt les cocirctes de la France et apregraves nos remerciements et nos adieux se renfonccedila dans les lieux sauvages heureusement franchis Peut eacutetre a-trsquoil payeacute cher sa complaisance il y allait de sa vie si notre marche cacheacutee eucirct eacuteteacute deacutecouverte il serait tombeacute le pre-mier sous les coups de nos ennemis Mon pegravere eacutetait davis dattendre que la canonnade fucirct finie pour passer par Hanau Dieu sait com-bien il y eut de prisonniers faits dans ce maudit passage Jai donc eu une heureuse ideacutee sans compter que des chutes dangereuses eacutetaient agrave craindre dans ces terrains et ces fosseacutes remplis deau et de neige fondue quil nous fallut traverse Juge de mon inquieacutetude Javanccedilais agrave cheval derriegravere mon pegravere mais comme ce cheval nouvellement dresseacute et monteacute dabord par le domestique eacutetait accoutumeacute agrave suivre lautre je dus rapidement descendre une neige abondante et continuelle tom-bait depuis cinq heures du matin mes vecirctements devinrent si lourds mes membres si engourdis que je restais comme cloueacute Il eacutetait une heure apregraves minuit Aucun des soldats du reacutegiment polonais qui se trouvait avec nous ne voulut sarrecircter ni nous porter secours comme lautre bord du fosseacute eacutetait moins escarpeacute et plus facile pour retirer mon pegravere qui jusque-lagrave navait donneacute aucun signe de vie je passe la planche tremblant que mon cheval ne glisse aussi et ne tombe sur lautre la bride bien serreacutee sans perdre courage de toutes mes forces je le traicircne jusquagrave lautre bord aussi saisi que moi je descends le glacis et aperccedilois mon pegravere se deacutebattant au fond dun fosseacute Comme jobser-vais tous ses mouvements Enfin apregraves lavoir retireacute trempeacute je laide agrave remonter agrave cheval mais le cas pressait agrave tout prix il faut sortir de ces gorges quand cinq minutes apregraves il put parler je res-pirai Mon pegravere en fut quitte pour une contusion tout le long de la jambe droite encore noire au-jourdhui et une joue un peu meurtrie par les embrassements du cheval Moi je nai eu quune vio-lente peur Tu demandes si mon pegravere a perdu de largent il a heureusement sauveacute quelques louis et sa montre dor tout le reste a disparu Nous ne pricircmes notre guide que le lendemain apregraves avoir erreacute pendant huit heures environ nous trouvacircmes des officiers de dragons qui eurent pitieacute dune telle deacutetresse A cette lettre le pegravere ajoute un post-scriptum laquo Il ne nous est resteacute agrave chacun que la chemise que nous avions sur le dos Celle dAuguste eacutetait en lambeaux et sur lrsquoinvitation des Strasbourgeois il vient den faire hommage elle est peut-ecirctre en ce moment entre les mains dune belle dame qui en fait de la charpie cest agrave qui se distinguera dans ce genre doccupationrdquo Lettre drsquoAuguste Paruit drsquoEsmery soldat ageacute de 17 ans rdquoEn 1810 lrsquoAnglelcrre avait arracheacute agrave Napoleacuteon lIle de France franccedilaise depuis 1718 que Paul et Virginie avaient rendue si ceacutelegravebre et si chegravere Il fallait y conserver notre langue nos mœurs notre sang et notre dœur Une partie de la famille maternelle de Victor Hugo y est resteacutee eacutetablie Les habitants demeureacutes fidegraveles agrave leur meacutetropole y appelaient de tous leurs vœux des consolateurs des renforts Mes deux oncles (Auguste et Henry Paruit drsquoEsmery) entraicircneacutes par un mouvement ir-reacutesistible partirent sur La Nancy (jai lu le journal de la traverseacutee) pour lrsquolle de France redevenue icircle Maurice Mais cette terre africaine les deacutevora comme Sainte-Heacutelegravene deacutevora leur Dieu Na-poleacuteon Henry surveacutecut agrave son fregravere se maria lagrave et y a laisseacute des descendants mais Auguste au mo-ment de revenir en France mourut dune fiegravevre maligne agrave Port-Louis capitale de la colonie en juillet 182 1 agrave vingt-quatre ans suivant de pregraves dans la tombe Napoleacuteon et y preacuteceacutedant de peu de mois son pegravere Il ma souvent eacuteteacute raconteacute que mon grand-pegravere deacutejagrave tregraves affaibli agrave la nouvelle de la perte de son fils sentit tout deacutesir de gueacuterison perdu que un matin surprenant un journal oublieacute pregraves de son lit ougrave eacutetait raconteacutee la mort de lEmpereur quon lui avait cacheacutee lui qui souffrait de la mecircme maladie il laissa retomber sa tecircte sur loreiller en sanglotant il ne se voyait plus de raison de vivre quoiquil eucirct blacircmeacute lambition du conqueacuterant il ne ficirct plus que languir et peu apregraves seacute-teignit ldquo Raconteacute par le neveu Alexandre de Roche du Telloy
Note Auguste Paruit drsquoEsmery eacutetait le fregravere de Henry Paruit drsquoEsmery (arriere grandpegravere de Madeleine Philippe)
The Mauritius Australia Connection web site receives in
excess of 4500 visits daily and provides the Mauritian
Community in Australia with a communication network
that is accessible online 247
Its mailing lists reach in excess of 3000 subscribers The
message board provides a platform where visitors can net-
work with other visitors not only from Australia but
worldwide
The Recipes from Australia section has established itself
as the most popular Mauritian Cuisine web site on the
internet It consistently achieves top listing on search en-
gines such as Google
If you did not receive this newsletter directly from us you
subscribe to it by joining our mailing list at
httpgroupsyahoocomgrouprougaillejoin
Or send us an email at clancycjpnet
Mauritius Australia Connection PO Box 8605 Carrum Downs Vic 3201 Australia
Phone +61 412 018 505 E-mail clancycjpnet Published by Mauritius Australia Connection copy 2010
Linking the Mauritian Community in Australia wwwcjpnet This newsletter is published in good faith Please bring to our attention any inaccuracies and we will take due note Write to clancycjpnet with your feedback
MAURITIUS AUSTRALIA CONNECTION
Access our web site at
wwwcjpnet
Foods from Mauritius
Visit httpile-mauricetripodcom
For the horse racing enthusiasts you can get the latemail for Melbourne amp Sydney Racing at
httpwwwcjpnetmelbhtm
3ZZZ Mauritian Radio 923 FM Saturday 1200 noon to 200 pm transmitting from Melbourne Victoria Australia Recorded program also available online weekly through httpwww3zzzmauritiancom
P A G E 4 T H E R O U G A I L L E C O N N E X I O N N O V - D E C 2 0 1 1
P A G E 5 V O L U M E 4 I S S U E 9
Family faces are magic mirrors by Clancy J Philippe ldquoFamily faces are magic mirrors Looking at people who belong to us we see the past present and futurerdquo This quote from Gail Lumet Buckley has never been truer for me than in the past two months You may remember that in our August 2011 edition of this newsletter I wrote about a historical connection between Madeleine Philippe (born Paruit) and Les Rangeardieres a country residence in Saint Barthelemy near Angers in France
In October I spent three days staying at Les Rangeardieres as guest of the current owners Monique and Francois Catta The connection is that Madeleinersquos great grandparents five generations back owned the property from 1807 to 1819 The family then included Claude Valentin Paruit his wife Agathe daughter Valentine and the two sons Auguste and Henry Claude Paruit was a very high profile figure both before and during the Napoleonic era In fact Claude and his two sons fought in the Grande Armeacutee during the Russian campaign and the Battle of Waterloo Auguste and Henry were boy soldiers only 17 and 16 years old then
Whilst listening to Monique and Francois Catta on the many events which took place at Les Rangeardieres one can feel the vibrant connections between the respective owners and their cultural impact on French society through his-tory The Paruits were well connected with the establishment Rene Bazin and Victor Pavie were very well known and respected within the literary world Rene Bazin who was a member of the Acadeacutemie Franccedilaise entertained and hosted very famous French writers such as Victor Hugo and Lamartine at Les Rangeardieres I was in great company
The Paruits were very well connected with Napoleon Bonaparte So much so that when Napoleon Bonaparte was de-feated at Waterloo and the Royalists were seeking revenge and executing the Bonapartists Claude Paruit left for Al-sace to escape attention and his sons Auguste and Henry fled to Ile Maurice (Mauritius)
I feel very grateful to Madeleine for leaving me with this incredible heritage The present lies in my presence at Les Rangeardieres and the future lies in passing this heritage to our children and the grandchildren This incredible ex-perience has also given me a new outlook on life in that we are all but a very small part in the continuity of life
The 270 years old country mansion located within Les Rangeardieres also brought to me the past present and future The past in that the Paruit family Madeleine an-cestors lived there from 1807 to 1819 the present in my presence at Les Rangeardieres with the Catta family and the future in the future generations to occupy Les Rangeardieres I can tell you that the history of Les Rangeardieres and its past owners is very well protected through heritage protection provisions put into place by the Catta family The Mairie de Saint Bartheacutelemy has painstakingly documented the history of Les Rangeardieres and published an information booklet on same I also met with Monsieur le Maire during my stay there He was most knowledgeable about the Paruits
During my stay at Les Rangeardieres I could not help reconnecting with the past present and future The spacious garden as well as extensions to the original mansion within Les Rangeardieres were designed and built by the Pa-ruits Whilst sitting in the open verandah overlooking the garden I could not help going back to the time when Madeleinersquos ancestors were living there
To quote Antoine de Saint-Exupery ldquoHe who has gone so we but cherish his memory abides with us more potent nay more present than the living manrdquo More so because Monique Catta (current owner of Les Rangeardieres) is the little niece of Antoine de Saint-Exupery
My stay at Les Rangeardieres left an unforgettable imprint with Madeleine more than ever spiritually present in me Note My wife Madeleine passed away in February 2011 after a 5 year battle with cancer
P A G E 6 T H E R O U G A I L L E C O N N E X I O N N O V - D E C 2 0 1 1
Meet the Committees of ManagementmdashClubs amp Associations
Meeting every Tuesday at Menzies Hall Menzies Avenue Dandenong North
You can contact the committee at Email address mgacp1928yahoocom
President Paule Collard Vice President Josette Roussety Secretary Ginette Edouard Ass Secretary Chantal Rennard Treasurer Jocelyn Joachim Assistant Treasurer Percy Candasamy Social Coordinator Lilette Thomas Assistant Social Coordina-tor Lilette Juste Tours Organiser Hadlet Vydelingum Assistant Tours Organiser Therese Savanah
The Mauritian Golden Age Club was formed on April 23rd 1989 Every year the Club celebrates its anniversary on the Saturday prior to Mothers Day The Club was founded because there was an urgent need to help the Elderlies of the Mauritian Community who were very isolated and were becoming housebound
The Club started with ten friends who wanted to get together now and then and have a good time Fifteen years later we now have 450 members
The members play domino lotto cards and exchange news etc Edu-cational talks from outside organisations such as the CFA the Drug and Safety Committee Chiropodists Dentists the Police Force Chemists and many others are also given to members The Club organises day excursions and week long tours around Vic-toria and other States To raise funds the Club has three fund rais-ing activities during the year a Mothers Day dance at which lottery booklets are sold a Fathers Day dance and a Fair which is held around the middle of October The Annual General Meeting of the club is held in August Club ac-tivities include a Family and Xmas day Dance
P A G E 7 V O L U M E 4 I S S U E 9
Lettre s d rsquoun je une soldat de la Grande Arm eacutee A u g u s t e P a r u i t d rsquo E s m e r y a g eacute d e 1 7 a n s
ldquoStrasbourg le 1er deacutecembre 181 3 Ma chegravere megravere Une seule de tes lettres nous est enfin arriveacutee apregraves trois semaines Quels moments terribles Pen-dant la retraite poursuivis par des ennemis redoutables nous eacutetions entiegraverement livreacutes agrave la merci de notre guide qui pouvait disposer de nous agrave son greacute O bon peuple allemand comme tu tes mon-treacute geacuteneacutereux Combien la France doit tavoir dobligations Ce souvenir ne seffacera pas de si tocirct Si ceucirct eacuteteacute tout autre pays ces montagnes couvertes de forecircts au lieu dassurer notre fuite nous auraient servi de tombeaux Aussi avec quel plaisir embrassai-je notre fidegravele montagnard quand tendant la main il nous montra du doigt les cocirctes de la France et apregraves nos remerciements et nos adieux se renfonccedila dans les lieux sauvages heureusement franchis Peut eacutetre a-trsquoil payeacute cher sa complaisance il y allait de sa vie si notre marche cacheacutee eucirct eacuteteacute deacutecouverte il serait tombeacute le pre-mier sous les coups de nos ennemis Mon pegravere eacutetait davis dattendre que la canonnade fucirct finie pour passer par Hanau Dieu sait com-bien il y eut de prisonniers faits dans ce maudit passage Jai donc eu une heureuse ideacutee sans compter que des chutes dangereuses eacutetaient agrave craindre dans ces terrains et ces fosseacutes remplis deau et de neige fondue quil nous fallut traverse Juge de mon inquieacutetude Javanccedilais agrave cheval derriegravere mon pegravere mais comme ce cheval nouvellement dresseacute et monteacute dabord par le domestique eacutetait accoutumeacute agrave suivre lautre je dus rapidement descendre une neige abondante et continuelle tom-bait depuis cinq heures du matin mes vecirctements devinrent si lourds mes membres si engourdis que je restais comme cloueacute Il eacutetait une heure apregraves minuit Aucun des soldats du reacutegiment polonais qui se trouvait avec nous ne voulut sarrecircter ni nous porter secours comme lautre bord du fosseacute eacutetait moins escarpeacute et plus facile pour retirer mon pegravere qui jusque-lagrave navait donneacute aucun signe de vie je passe la planche tremblant que mon cheval ne glisse aussi et ne tombe sur lautre la bride bien serreacutee sans perdre courage de toutes mes forces je le traicircne jusquagrave lautre bord aussi saisi que moi je descends le glacis et aperccedilois mon pegravere se deacutebattant au fond dun fosseacute Comme jobser-vais tous ses mouvements Enfin apregraves lavoir retireacute trempeacute je laide agrave remonter agrave cheval mais le cas pressait agrave tout prix il faut sortir de ces gorges quand cinq minutes apregraves il put parler je res-pirai Mon pegravere en fut quitte pour une contusion tout le long de la jambe droite encore noire au-jourdhui et une joue un peu meurtrie par les embrassements du cheval Moi je nai eu quune vio-lente peur Tu demandes si mon pegravere a perdu de largent il a heureusement sauveacute quelques louis et sa montre dor tout le reste a disparu Nous ne pricircmes notre guide que le lendemain apregraves avoir erreacute pendant huit heures environ nous trouvacircmes des officiers de dragons qui eurent pitieacute dune telle deacutetresse A cette lettre le pegravere ajoute un post-scriptum laquo Il ne nous est resteacute agrave chacun que la chemise que nous avions sur le dos Celle dAuguste eacutetait en lambeaux et sur lrsquoinvitation des Strasbourgeois il vient den faire hommage elle est peut-ecirctre en ce moment entre les mains dune belle dame qui en fait de la charpie cest agrave qui se distinguera dans ce genre doccupationrdquo Lettre drsquoAuguste Paruit drsquoEsmery soldat ageacute de 17 ans rdquoEn 1810 lrsquoAnglelcrre avait arracheacute agrave Napoleacuteon lIle de France franccedilaise depuis 1718 que Paul et Virginie avaient rendue si ceacutelegravebre et si chegravere Il fallait y conserver notre langue nos mœurs notre sang et notre dœur Une partie de la famille maternelle de Victor Hugo y est resteacutee eacutetablie Les habitants demeureacutes fidegraveles agrave leur meacutetropole y appelaient de tous leurs vœux des consolateurs des renforts Mes deux oncles (Auguste et Henry Paruit drsquoEsmery) entraicircneacutes par un mouvement ir-reacutesistible partirent sur La Nancy (jai lu le journal de la traverseacutee) pour lrsquolle de France redevenue icircle Maurice Mais cette terre africaine les deacutevora comme Sainte-Heacutelegravene deacutevora leur Dieu Na-poleacuteon Henry surveacutecut agrave son fregravere se maria lagrave et y a laisseacute des descendants mais Auguste au mo-ment de revenir en France mourut dune fiegravevre maligne agrave Port-Louis capitale de la colonie en juillet 182 1 agrave vingt-quatre ans suivant de pregraves dans la tombe Napoleacuteon et y preacuteceacutedant de peu de mois son pegravere Il ma souvent eacuteteacute raconteacute que mon grand-pegravere deacutejagrave tregraves affaibli agrave la nouvelle de la perte de son fils sentit tout deacutesir de gueacuterison perdu que un matin surprenant un journal oublieacute pregraves de son lit ougrave eacutetait raconteacutee la mort de lEmpereur quon lui avait cacheacutee lui qui souffrait de la mecircme maladie il laissa retomber sa tecircte sur loreiller en sanglotant il ne se voyait plus de raison de vivre quoiquil eucirct blacircmeacute lambition du conqueacuterant il ne ficirct plus que languir et peu apregraves seacute-teignit ldquo Raconteacute par le neveu Alexandre de Roche du Telloy
Note Auguste Paruit drsquoEsmery eacutetait le fregravere de Henry Paruit drsquoEsmery (arriere grandpegravere de Madeleine Philippe)
The Mauritius Australia Connection web site receives in
excess of 4500 visits daily and provides the Mauritian
Community in Australia with a communication network
that is accessible online 247
Its mailing lists reach in excess of 3000 subscribers The
message board provides a platform where visitors can net-
work with other visitors not only from Australia but
worldwide
The Recipes from Australia section has established itself
as the most popular Mauritian Cuisine web site on the
internet It consistently achieves top listing on search en-
gines such as Google
If you did not receive this newsletter directly from us you
subscribe to it by joining our mailing list at
httpgroupsyahoocomgrouprougaillejoin
Or send us an email at clancycjpnet
Mauritius Australia Connection PO Box 8605 Carrum Downs Vic 3201 Australia
Phone +61 412 018 505 E-mail clancycjpnet Published by Mauritius Australia Connection copy 2010
Linking the Mauritian Community in Australia wwwcjpnet This newsletter is published in good faith Please bring to our attention any inaccuracies and we will take due note Write to clancycjpnet with your feedback
MAURITIUS AUSTRALIA CONNECTION
Access our web site at
wwwcjpnet
Foods from Mauritius
Visit httpile-mauricetripodcom
For the horse racing enthusiasts you can get the latemail for Melbourne amp Sydney Racing at
httpwwwcjpnetmelbhtm
3ZZZ Mauritian Radio 923 FM Saturday 1200 noon to 200 pm transmitting from Melbourne Victoria Australia Recorded program also available online weekly through httpwww3zzzmauritiancom
P A G E 5 V O L U M E 4 I S S U E 9
Family faces are magic mirrors by Clancy J Philippe ldquoFamily faces are magic mirrors Looking at people who belong to us we see the past present and futurerdquo This quote from Gail Lumet Buckley has never been truer for me than in the past two months You may remember that in our August 2011 edition of this newsletter I wrote about a historical connection between Madeleine Philippe (born Paruit) and Les Rangeardieres a country residence in Saint Barthelemy near Angers in France
In October I spent three days staying at Les Rangeardieres as guest of the current owners Monique and Francois Catta The connection is that Madeleinersquos great grandparents five generations back owned the property from 1807 to 1819 The family then included Claude Valentin Paruit his wife Agathe daughter Valentine and the two sons Auguste and Henry Claude Paruit was a very high profile figure both before and during the Napoleonic era In fact Claude and his two sons fought in the Grande Armeacutee during the Russian campaign and the Battle of Waterloo Auguste and Henry were boy soldiers only 17 and 16 years old then
Whilst listening to Monique and Francois Catta on the many events which took place at Les Rangeardieres one can feel the vibrant connections between the respective owners and their cultural impact on French society through his-tory The Paruits were well connected with the establishment Rene Bazin and Victor Pavie were very well known and respected within the literary world Rene Bazin who was a member of the Acadeacutemie Franccedilaise entertained and hosted very famous French writers such as Victor Hugo and Lamartine at Les Rangeardieres I was in great company
The Paruits were very well connected with Napoleon Bonaparte So much so that when Napoleon Bonaparte was de-feated at Waterloo and the Royalists were seeking revenge and executing the Bonapartists Claude Paruit left for Al-sace to escape attention and his sons Auguste and Henry fled to Ile Maurice (Mauritius)
I feel very grateful to Madeleine for leaving me with this incredible heritage The present lies in my presence at Les Rangeardieres and the future lies in passing this heritage to our children and the grandchildren This incredible ex-perience has also given me a new outlook on life in that we are all but a very small part in the continuity of life
The 270 years old country mansion located within Les Rangeardieres also brought to me the past present and future The past in that the Paruit family Madeleine an-cestors lived there from 1807 to 1819 the present in my presence at Les Rangeardieres with the Catta family and the future in the future generations to occupy Les Rangeardieres I can tell you that the history of Les Rangeardieres and its past owners is very well protected through heritage protection provisions put into place by the Catta family The Mairie de Saint Bartheacutelemy has painstakingly documented the history of Les Rangeardieres and published an information booklet on same I also met with Monsieur le Maire during my stay there He was most knowledgeable about the Paruits
During my stay at Les Rangeardieres I could not help reconnecting with the past present and future The spacious garden as well as extensions to the original mansion within Les Rangeardieres were designed and built by the Pa-ruits Whilst sitting in the open verandah overlooking the garden I could not help going back to the time when Madeleinersquos ancestors were living there
To quote Antoine de Saint-Exupery ldquoHe who has gone so we but cherish his memory abides with us more potent nay more present than the living manrdquo More so because Monique Catta (current owner of Les Rangeardieres) is the little niece of Antoine de Saint-Exupery
My stay at Les Rangeardieres left an unforgettable imprint with Madeleine more than ever spiritually present in me Note My wife Madeleine passed away in February 2011 after a 5 year battle with cancer
P A G E 6 T H E R O U G A I L L E C O N N E X I O N N O V - D E C 2 0 1 1
Meet the Committees of ManagementmdashClubs amp Associations
Meeting every Tuesday at Menzies Hall Menzies Avenue Dandenong North
You can contact the committee at Email address mgacp1928yahoocom
President Paule Collard Vice President Josette Roussety Secretary Ginette Edouard Ass Secretary Chantal Rennard Treasurer Jocelyn Joachim Assistant Treasurer Percy Candasamy Social Coordinator Lilette Thomas Assistant Social Coordina-tor Lilette Juste Tours Organiser Hadlet Vydelingum Assistant Tours Organiser Therese Savanah
The Mauritian Golden Age Club was formed on April 23rd 1989 Every year the Club celebrates its anniversary on the Saturday prior to Mothers Day The Club was founded because there was an urgent need to help the Elderlies of the Mauritian Community who were very isolated and were becoming housebound
The Club started with ten friends who wanted to get together now and then and have a good time Fifteen years later we now have 450 members
The members play domino lotto cards and exchange news etc Edu-cational talks from outside organisations such as the CFA the Drug and Safety Committee Chiropodists Dentists the Police Force Chemists and many others are also given to members The Club organises day excursions and week long tours around Vic-toria and other States To raise funds the Club has three fund rais-ing activities during the year a Mothers Day dance at which lottery booklets are sold a Fathers Day dance and a Fair which is held around the middle of October The Annual General Meeting of the club is held in August Club ac-tivities include a Family and Xmas day Dance
P A G E 7 V O L U M E 4 I S S U E 9
Lettre s d rsquoun je une soldat de la Grande Arm eacutee A u g u s t e P a r u i t d rsquo E s m e r y a g eacute d e 1 7 a n s
ldquoStrasbourg le 1er deacutecembre 181 3 Ma chegravere megravere Une seule de tes lettres nous est enfin arriveacutee apregraves trois semaines Quels moments terribles Pen-dant la retraite poursuivis par des ennemis redoutables nous eacutetions entiegraverement livreacutes agrave la merci de notre guide qui pouvait disposer de nous agrave son greacute O bon peuple allemand comme tu tes mon-treacute geacuteneacutereux Combien la France doit tavoir dobligations Ce souvenir ne seffacera pas de si tocirct Si ceucirct eacuteteacute tout autre pays ces montagnes couvertes de forecircts au lieu dassurer notre fuite nous auraient servi de tombeaux Aussi avec quel plaisir embrassai-je notre fidegravele montagnard quand tendant la main il nous montra du doigt les cocirctes de la France et apregraves nos remerciements et nos adieux se renfonccedila dans les lieux sauvages heureusement franchis Peut eacutetre a-trsquoil payeacute cher sa complaisance il y allait de sa vie si notre marche cacheacutee eucirct eacuteteacute deacutecouverte il serait tombeacute le pre-mier sous les coups de nos ennemis Mon pegravere eacutetait davis dattendre que la canonnade fucirct finie pour passer par Hanau Dieu sait com-bien il y eut de prisonniers faits dans ce maudit passage Jai donc eu une heureuse ideacutee sans compter que des chutes dangereuses eacutetaient agrave craindre dans ces terrains et ces fosseacutes remplis deau et de neige fondue quil nous fallut traverse Juge de mon inquieacutetude Javanccedilais agrave cheval derriegravere mon pegravere mais comme ce cheval nouvellement dresseacute et monteacute dabord par le domestique eacutetait accoutumeacute agrave suivre lautre je dus rapidement descendre une neige abondante et continuelle tom-bait depuis cinq heures du matin mes vecirctements devinrent si lourds mes membres si engourdis que je restais comme cloueacute Il eacutetait une heure apregraves minuit Aucun des soldats du reacutegiment polonais qui se trouvait avec nous ne voulut sarrecircter ni nous porter secours comme lautre bord du fosseacute eacutetait moins escarpeacute et plus facile pour retirer mon pegravere qui jusque-lagrave navait donneacute aucun signe de vie je passe la planche tremblant que mon cheval ne glisse aussi et ne tombe sur lautre la bride bien serreacutee sans perdre courage de toutes mes forces je le traicircne jusquagrave lautre bord aussi saisi que moi je descends le glacis et aperccedilois mon pegravere se deacutebattant au fond dun fosseacute Comme jobser-vais tous ses mouvements Enfin apregraves lavoir retireacute trempeacute je laide agrave remonter agrave cheval mais le cas pressait agrave tout prix il faut sortir de ces gorges quand cinq minutes apregraves il put parler je res-pirai Mon pegravere en fut quitte pour une contusion tout le long de la jambe droite encore noire au-jourdhui et une joue un peu meurtrie par les embrassements du cheval Moi je nai eu quune vio-lente peur Tu demandes si mon pegravere a perdu de largent il a heureusement sauveacute quelques louis et sa montre dor tout le reste a disparu Nous ne pricircmes notre guide que le lendemain apregraves avoir erreacute pendant huit heures environ nous trouvacircmes des officiers de dragons qui eurent pitieacute dune telle deacutetresse A cette lettre le pegravere ajoute un post-scriptum laquo Il ne nous est resteacute agrave chacun que la chemise que nous avions sur le dos Celle dAuguste eacutetait en lambeaux et sur lrsquoinvitation des Strasbourgeois il vient den faire hommage elle est peut-ecirctre en ce moment entre les mains dune belle dame qui en fait de la charpie cest agrave qui se distinguera dans ce genre doccupationrdquo Lettre drsquoAuguste Paruit drsquoEsmery soldat ageacute de 17 ans rdquoEn 1810 lrsquoAnglelcrre avait arracheacute agrave Napoleacuteon lIle de France franccedilaise depuis 1718 que Paul et Virginie avaient rendue si ceacutelegravebre et si chegravere Il fallait y conserver notre langue nos mœurs notre sang et notre dœur Une partie de la famille maternelle de Victor Hugo y est resteacutee eacutetablie Les habitants demeureacutes fidegraveles agrave leur meacutetropole y appelaient de tous leurs vœux des consolateurs des renforts Mes deux oncles (Auguste et Henry Paruit drsquoEsmery) entraicircneacutes par un mouvement ir-reacutesistible partirent sur La Nancy (jai lu le journal de la traverseacutee) pour lrsquolle de France redevenue icircle Maurice Mais cette terre africaine les deacutevora comme Sainte-Heacutelegravene deacutevora leur Dieu Na-poleacuteon Henry surveacutecut agrave son fregravere se maria lagrave et y a laisseacute des descendants mais Auguste au mo-ment de revenir en France mourut dune fiegravevre maligne agrave Port-Louis capitale de la colonie en juillet 182 1 agrave vingt-quatre ans suivant de pregraves dans la tombe Napoleacuteon et y preacuteceacutedant de peu de mois son pegravere Il ma souvent eacuteteacute raconteacute que mon grand-pegravere deacutejagrave tregraves affaibli agrave la nouvelle de la perte de son fils sentit tout deacutesir de gueacuterison perdu que un matin surprenant un journal oublieacute pregraves de son lit ougrave eacutetait raconteacutee la mort de lEmpereur quon lui avait cacheacutee lui qui souffrait de la mecircme maladie il laissa retomber sa tecircte sur loreiller en sanglotant il ne se voyait plus de raison de vivre quoiquil eucirct blacircmeacute lambition du conqueacuterant il ne ficirct plus que languir et peu apregraves seacute-teignit ldquo Raconteacute par le neveu Alexandre de Roche du Telloy
Note Auguste Paruit drsquoEsmery eacutetait le fregravere de Henry Paruit drsquoEsmery (arriere grandpegravere de Madeleine Philippe)
The Mauritius Australia Connection web site receives in
excess of 4500 visits daily and provides the Mauritian
Community in Australia with a communication network
that is accessible online 247
Its mailing lists reach in excess of 3000 subscribers The
message board provides a platform where visitors can net-
work with other visitors not only from Australia but
worldwide
The Recipes from Australia section has established itself
as the most popular Mauritian Cuisine web site on the
internet It consistently achieves top listing on search en-
gines such as Google
If you did not receive this newsletter directly from us you
subscribe to it by joining our mailing list at
httpgroupsyahoocomgrouprougaillejoin
Or send us an email at clancycjpnet
Mauritius Australia Connection PO Box 8605 Carrum Downs Vic 3201 Australia
Phone +61 412 018 505 E-mail clancycjpnet Published by Mauritius Australia Connection copy 2010
Linking the Mauritian Community in Australia wwwcjpnet This newsletter is published in good faith Please bring to our attention any inaccuracies and we will take due note Write to clancycjpnet with your feedback
MAURITIUS AUSTRALIA CONNECTION
Access our web site at
wwwcjpnet
Foods from Mauritius
Visit httpile-mauricetripodcom
For the horse racing enthusiasts you can get the latemail for Melbourne amp Sydney Racing at
httpwwwcjpnetmelbhtm
3ZZZ Mauritian Radio 923 FM Saturday 1200 noon to 200 pm transmitting from Melbourne Victoria Australia Recorded program also available online weekly through httpwww3zzzmauritiancom
P A G E 6 T H E R O U G A I L L E C O N N E X I O N N O V - D E C 2 0 1 1
Meet the Committees of ManagementmdashClubs amp Associations
Meeting every Tuesday at Menzies Hall Menzies Avenue Dandenong North
You can contact the committee at Email address mgacp1928yahoocom
President Paule Collard Vice President Josette Roussety Secretary Ginette Edouard Ass Secretary Chantal Rennard Treasurer Jocelyn Joachim Assistant Treasurer Percy Candasamy Social Coordinator Lilette Thomas Assistant Social Coordina-tor Lilette Juste Tours Organiser Hadlet Vydelingum Assistant Tours Organiser Therese Savanah
The Mauritian Golden Age Club was formed on April 23rd 1989 Every year the Club celebrates its anniversary on the Saturday prior to Mothers Day The Club was founded because there was an urgent need to help the Elderlies of the Mauritian Community who were very isolated and were becoming housebound
The Club started with ten friends who wanted to get together now and then and have a good time Fifteen years later we now have 450 members
The members play domino lotto cards and exchange news etc Edu-cational talks from outside organisations such as the CFA the Drug and Safety Committee Chiropodists Dentists the Police Force Chemists and many others are also given to members The Club organises day excursions and week long tours around Vic-toria and other States To raise funds the Club has three fund rais-ing activities during the year a Mothers Day dance at which lottery booklets are sold a Fathers Day dance and a Fair which is held around the middle of October The Annual General Meeting of the club is held in August Club ac-tivities include a Family and Xmas day Dance
P A G E 7 V O L U M E 4 I S S U E 9
Lettre s d rsquoun je une soldat de la Grande Arm eacutee A u g u s t e P a r u i t d rsquo E s m e r y a g eacute d e 1 7 a n s
ldquoStrasbourg le 1er deacutecembre 181 3 Ma chegravere megravere Une seule de tes lettres nous est enfin arriveacutee apregraves trois semaines Quels moments terribles Pen-dant la retraite poursuivis par des ennemis redoutables nous eacutetions entiegraverement livreacutes agrave la merci de notre guide qui pouvait disposer de nous agrave son greacute O bon peuple allemand comme tu tes mon-treacute geacuteneacutereux Combien la France doit tavoir dobligations Ce souvenir ne seffacera pas de si tocirct Si ceucirct eacuteteacute tout autre pays ces montagnes couvertes de forecircts au lieu dassurer notre fuite nous auraient servi de tombeaux Aussi avec quel plaisir embrassai-je notre fidegravele montagnard quand tendant la main il nous montra du doigt les cocirctes de la France et apregraves nos remerciements et nos adieux se renfonccedila dans les lieux sauvages heureusement franchis Peut eacutetre a-trsquoil payeacute cher sa complaisance il y allait de sa vie si notre marche cacheacutee eucirct eacuteteacute deacutecouverte il serait tombeacute le pre-mier sous les coups de nos ennemis Mon pegravere eacutetait davis dattendre que la canonnade fucirct finie pour passer par Hanau Dieu sait com-bien il y eut de prisonniers faits dans ce maudit passage Jai donc eu une heureuse ideacutee sans compter que des chutes dangereuses eacutetaient agrave craindre dans ces terrains et ces fosseacutes remplis deau et de neige fondue quil nous fallut traverse Juge de mon inquieacutetude Javanccedilais agrave cheval derriegravere mon pegravere mais comme ce cheval nouvellement dresseacute et monteacute dabord par le domestique eacutetait accoutumeacute agrave suivre lautre je dus rapidement descendre une neige abondante et continuelle tom-bait depuis cinq heures du matin mes vecirctements devinrent si lourds mes membres si engourdis que je restais comme cloueacute Il eacutetait une heure apregraves minuit Aucun des soldats du reacutegiment polonais qui se trouvait avec nous ne voulut sarrecircter ni nous porter secours comme lautre bord du fosseacute eacutetait moins escarpeacute et plus facile pour retirer mon pegravere qui jusque-lagrave navait donneacute aucun signe de vie je passe la planche tremblant que mon cheval ne glisse aussi et ne tombe sur lautre la bride bien serreacutee sans perdre courage de toutes mes forces je le traicircne jusquagrave lautre bord aussi saisi que moi je descends le glacis et aperccedilois mon pegravere se deacutebattant au fond dun fosseacute Comme jobser-vais tous ses mouvements Enfin apregraves lavoir retireacute trempeacute je laide agrave remonter agrave cheval mais le cas pressait agrave tout prix il faut sortir de ces gorges quand cinq minutes apregraves il put parler je res-pirai Mon pegravere en fut quitte pour une contusion tout le long de la jambe droite encore noire au-jourdhui et une joue un peu meurtrie par les embrassements du cheval Moi je nai eu quune vio-lente peur Tu demandes si mon pegravere a perdu de largent il a heureusement sauveacute quelques louis et sa montre dor tout le reste a disparu Nous ne pricircmes notre guide que le lendemain apregraves avoir erreacute pendant huit heures environ nous trouvacircmes des officiers de dragons qui eurent pitieacute dune telle deacutetresse A cette lettre le pegravere ajoute un post-scriptum laquo Il ne nous est resteacute agrave chacun que la chemise que nous avions sur le dos Celle dAuguste eacutetait en lambeaux et sur lrsquoinvitation des Strasbourgeois il vient den faire hommage elle est peut-ecirctre en ce moment entre les mains dune belle dame qui en fait de la charpie cest agrave qui se distinguera dans ce genre doccupationrdquo Lettre drsquoAuguste Paruit drsquoEsmery soldat ageacute de 17 ans rdquoEn 1810 lrsquoAnglelcrre avait arracheacute agrave Napoleacuteon lIle de France franccedilaise depuis 1718 que Paul et Virginie avaient rendue si ceacutelegravebre et si chegravere Il fallait y conserver notre langue nos mœurs notre sang et notre dœur Une partie de la famille maternelle de Victor Hugo y est resteacutee eacutetablie Les habitants demeureacutes fidegraveles agrave leur meacutetropole y appelaient de tous leurs vœux des consolateurs des renforts Mes deux oncles (Auguste et Henry Paruit drsquoEsmery) entraicircneacutes par un mouvement ir-reacutesistible partirent sur La Nancy (jai lu le journal de la traverseacutee) pour lrsquolle de France redevenue icircle Maurice Mais cette terre africaine les deacutevora comme Sainte-Heacutelegravene deacutevora leur Dieu Na-poleacuteon Henry surveacutecut agrave son fregravere se maria lagrave et y a laisseacute des descendants mais Auguste au mo-ment de revenir en France mourut dune fiegravevre maligne agrave Port-Louis capitale de la colonie en juillet 182 1 agrave vingt-quatre ans suivant de pregraves dans la tombe Napoleacuteon et y preacuteceacutedant de peu de mois son pegravere Il ma souvent eacuteteacute raconteacute que mon grand-pegravere deacutejagrave tregraves affaibli agrave la nouvelle de la perte de son fils sentit tout deacutesir de gueacuterison perdu que un matin surprenant un journal oublieacute pregraves de son lit ougrave eacutetait raconteacutee la mort de lEmpereur quon lui avait cacheacutee lui qui souffrait de la mecircme maladie il laissa retomber sa tecircte sur loreiller en sanglotant il ne se voyait plus de raison de vivre quoiquil eucirct blacircmeacute lambition du conqueacuterant il ne ficirct plus que languir et peu apregraves seacute-teignit ldquo Raconteacute par le neveu Alexandre de Roche du Telloy
Note Auguste Paruit drsquoEsmery eacutetait le fregravere de Henry Paruit drsquoEsmery (arriere grandpegravere de Madeleine Philippe)
The Mauritius Australia Connection web site receives in
excess of 4500 visits daily and provides the Mauritian
Community in Australia with a communication network
that is accessible online 247
Its mailing lists reach in excess of 3000 subscribers The
message board provides a platform where visitors can net-
work with other visitors not only from Australia but
worldwide
The Recipes from Australia section has established itself
as the most popular Mauritian Cuisine web site on the
internet It consistently achieves top listing on search en-
gines such as Google
If you did not receive this newsletter directly from us you
subscribe to it by joining our mailing list at
httpgroupsyahoocomgrouprougaillejoin
Or send us an email at clancycjpnet
Mauritius Australia Connection PO Box 8605 Carrum Downs Vic 3201 Australia
Phone +61 412 018 505 E-mail clancycjpnet Published by Mauritius Australia Connection copy 2010
Linking the Mauritian Community in Australia wwwcjpnet This newsletter is published in good faith Please bring to our attention any inaccuracies and we will take due note Write to clancycjpnet with your feedback
MAURITIUS AUSTRALIA CONNECTION
Access our web site at
wwwcjpnet
Foods from Mauritius
Visit httpile-mauricetripodcom
For the horse racing enthusiasts you can get the latemail for Melbourne amp Sydney Racing at
httpwwwcjpnetmelbhtm
3ZZZ Mauritian Radio 923 FM Saturday 1200 noon to 200 pm transmitting from Melbourne Victoria Australia Recorded program also available online weekly through httpwww3zzzmauritiancom
P A G E 7 V O L U M E 4 I S S U E 9
Lettre s d rsquoun je une soldat de la Grande Arm eacutee A u g u s t e P a r u i t d rsquo E s m e r y a g eacute d e 1 7 a n s
ldquoStrasbourg le 1er deacutecembre 181 3 Ma chegravere megravere Une seule de tes lettres nous est enfin arriveacutee apregraves trois semaines Quels moments terribles Pen-dant la retraite poursuivis par des ennemis redoutables nous eacutetions entiegraverement livreacutes agrave la merci de notre guide qui pouvait disposer de nous agrave son greacute O bon peuple allemand comme tu tes mon-treacute geacuteneacutereux Combien la France doit tavoir dobligations Ce souvenir ne seffacera pas de si tocirct Si ceucirct eacuteteacute tout autre pays ces montagnes couvertes de forecircts au lieu dassurer notre fuite nous auraient servi de tombeaux Aussi avec quel plaisir embrassai-je notre fidegravele montagnard quand tendant la main il nous montra du doigt les cocirctes de la France et apregraves nos remerciements et nos adieux se renfonccedila dans les lieux sauvages heureusement franchis Peut eacutetre a-trsquoil payeacute cher sa complaisance il y allait de sa vie si notre marche cacheacutee eucirct eacuteteacute deacutecouverte il serait tombeacute le pre-mier sous les coups de nos ennemis Mon pegravere eacutetait davis dattendre que la canonnade fucirct finie pour passer par Hanau Dieu sait com-bien il y eut de prisonniers faits dans ce maudit passage Jai donc eu une heureuse ideacutee sans compter que des chutes dangereuses eacutetaient agrave craindre dans ces terrains et ces fosseacutes remplis deau et de neige fondue quil nous fallut traverse Juge de mon inquieacutetude Javanccedilais agrave cheval derriegravere mon pegravere mais comme ce cheval nouvellement dresseacute et monteacute dabord par le domestique eacutetait accoutumeacute agrave suivre lautre je dus rapidement descendre une neige abondante et continuelle tom-bait depuis cinq heures du matin mes vecirctements devinrent si lourds mes membres si engourdis que je restais comme cloueacute Il eacutetait une heure apregraves minuit Aucun des soldats du reacutegiment polonais qui se trouvait avec nous ne voulut sarrecircter ni nous porter secours comme lautre bord du fosseacute eacutetait moins escarpeacute et plus facile pour retirer mon pegravere qui jusque-lagrave navait donneacute aucun signe de vie je passe la planche tremblant que mon cheval ne glisse aussi et ne tombe sur lautre la bride bien serreacutee sans perdre courage de toutes mes forces je le traicircne jusquagrave lautre bord aussi saisi que moi je descends le glacis et aperccedilois mon pegravere se deacutebattant au fond dun fosseacute Comme jobser-vais tous ses mouvements Enfin apregraves lavoir retireacute trempeacute je laide agrave remonter agrave cheval mais le cas pressait agrave tout prix il faut sortir de ces gorges quand cinq minutes apregraves il put parler je res-pirai Mon pegravere en fut quitte pour une contusion tout le long de la jambe droite encore noire au-jourdhui et une joue un peu meurtrie par les embrassements du cheval Moi je nai eu quune vio-lente peur Tu demandes si mon pegravere a perdu de largent il a heureusement sauveacute quelques louis et sa montre dor tout le reste a disparu Nous ne pricircmes notre guide que le lendemain apregraves avoir erreacute pendant huit heures environ nous trouvacircmes des officiers de dragons qui eurent pitieacute dune telle deacutetresse A cette lettre le pegravere ajoute un post-scriptum laquo Il ne nous est resteacute agrave chacun que la chemise que nous avions sur le dos Celle dAuguste eacutetait en lambeaux et sur lrsquoinvitation des Strasbourgeois il vient den faire hommage elle est peut-ecirctre en ce moment entre les mains dune belle dame qui en fait de la charpie cest agrave qui se distinguera dans ce genre doccupationrdquo Lettre drsquoAuguste Paruit drsquoEsmery soldat ageacute de 17 ans rdquoEn 1810 lrsquoAnglelcrre avait arracheacute agrave Napoleacuteon lIle de France franccedilaise depuis 1718 que Paul et Virginie avaient rendue si ceacutelegravebre et si chegravere Il fallait y conserver notre langue nos mœurs notre sang et notre dœur Une partie de la famille maternelle de Victor Hugo y est resteacutee eacutetablie Les habitants demeureacutes fidegraveles agrave leur meacutetropole y appelaient de tous leurs vœux des consolateurs des renforts Mes deux oncles (Auguste et Henry Paruit drsquoEsmery) entraicircneacutes par un mouvement ir-reacutesistible partirent sur La Nancy (jai lu le journal de la traverseacutee) pour lrsquolle de France redevenue icircle Maurice Mais cette terre africaine les deacutevora comme Sainte-Heacutelegravene deacutevora leur Dieu Na-poleacuteon Henry surveacutecut agrave son fregravere se maria lagrave et y a laisseacute des descendants mais Auguste au mo-ment de revenir en France mourut dune fiegravevre maligne agrave Port-Louis capitale de la colonie en juillet 182 1 agrave vingt-quatre ans suivant de pregraves dans la tombe Napoleacuteon et y preacuteceacutedant de peu de mois son pegravere Il ma souvent eacuteteacute raconteacute que mon grand-pegravere deacutejagrave tregraves affaibli agrave la nouvelle de la perte de son fils sentit tout deacutesir de gueacuterison perdu que un matin surprenant un journal oublieacute pregraves de son lit ougrave eacutetait raconteacutee la mort de lEmpereur quon lui avait cacheacutee lui qui souffrait de la mecircme maladie il laissa retomber sa tecircte sur loreiller en sanglotant il ne se voyait plus de raison de vivre quoiquil eucirct blacircmeacute lambition du conqueacuterant il ne ficirct plus que languir et peu apregraves seacute-teignit ldquo Raconteacute par le neveu Alexandre de Roche du Telloy
Note Auguste Paruit drsquoEsmery eacutetait le fregravere de Henry Paruit drsquoEsmery (arriere grandpegravere de Madeleine Philippe)
The Mauritius Australia Connection web site receives in
excess of 4500 visits daily and provides the Mauritian
Community in Australia with a communication network
that is accessible online 247
Its mailing lists reach in excess of 3000 subscribers The
message board provides a platform where visitors can net-
work with other visitors not only from Australia but
worldwide
The Recipes from Australia section has established itself
as the most popular Mauritian Cuisine web site on the
internet It consistently achieves top listing on search en-
gines such as Google
If you did not receive this newsletter directly from us you
subscribe to it by joining our mailing list at
httpgroupsyahoocomgrouprougaillejoin
Or send us an email at clancycjpnet
Mauritius Australia Connection PO Box 8605 Carrum Downs Vic 3201 Australia
Phone +61 412 018 505 E-mail clancycjpnet Published by Mauritius Australia Connection copy 2010
Linking the Mauritian Community in Australia wwwcjpnet This newsletter is published in good faith Please bring to our attention any inaccuracies and we will take due note Write to clancycjpnet with your feedback
MAURITIUS AUSTRALIA CONNECTION
Access our web site at
wwwcjpnet
Foods from Mauritius
Visit httpile-mauricetripodcom
For the horse racing enthusiasts you can get the latemail for Melbourne amp Sydney Racing at
httpwwwcjpnetmelbhtm
3ZZZ Mauritian Radio 923 FM Saturday 1200 noon to 200 pm transmitting from Melbourne Victoria Australia Recorded program also available online weekly through httpwww3zzzmauritiancom
The Mauritius Australia Connection web site receives in
excess of 4500 visits daily and provides the Mauritian
Community in Australia with a communication network
that is accessible online 247
Its mailing lists reach in excess of 3000 subscribers The
message board provides a platform where visitors can net-
work with other visitors not only from Australia but
worldwide
The Recipes from Australia section has established itself
as the most popular Mauritian Cuisine web site on the
internet It consistently achieves top listing on search en-
gines such as Google
If you did not receive this newsletter directly from us you
subscribe to it by joining our mailing list at
httpgroupsyahoocomgrouprougaillejoin
Or send us an email at clancycjpnet
Mauritius Australia Connection PO Box 8605 Carrum Downs Vic 3201 Australia
Phone +61 412 018 505 E-mail clancycjpnet Published by Mauritius Australia Connection copy 2010
Linking the Mauritian Community in Australia wwwcjpnet This newsletter is published in good faith Please bring to our attention any inaccuracies and we will take due note Write to clancycjpnet with your feedback
MAURITIUS AUSTRALIA CONNECTION
Access our web site at
wwwcjpnet
Foods from Mauritius
Visit httpile-mauricetripodcom
For the horse racing enthusiasts you can get the latemail for Melbourne amp Sydney Racing at
httpwwwcjpnetmelbhtm
3ZZZ Mauritian Radio 923 FM Saturday 1200 noon to 200 pm transmitting from Melbourne Victoria Australia Recorded program also available online weekly through httpwww3zzzmauritiancom