Show canada defenseless against america london sept 17 the express says this morning that col ferras tow n send lias returned to england after having inspected on behalf of the war office the forts on the canadian american frontier col townsend says according to the impress that the british fortifications along the frontier arc absolutely inefficient while the american forts a re well equipped referring to col townsends Town sends state the express ay in the event of war between great britain and the united states the yankees would easily march over the frontier and seize oliada before could be done to resist them the is made that there is only one cartridge and shell factory in canada and but little ammunition in the dominion the express puts the following head line over the article defenseless canada antiquated forts and not aisch ammunition 1 |