It was rarely necessary for a dragon to be sent to their assistance; they received all but their most urgent dispatches and supplies by frigate, and so had little opportunity to hear recent news or receive their post.

I have urgent dispatches.

What's great about Macdonald's letters, on the other hand, is that they're jittery and alive: urgent dispatches from an ever-changing series of fronts.

I sent Leighton to Bristol with urgent dispatches for my shipbuilders.

And they use them for urgent dispatches as well.

On urgent dispatches the ekishi would ride with the bells ringing in order to be able to change horses at any time of day or night without delay.

They can fly urgent dispatches until the squads from Seventh Company get here tomorrow afternoon.

I have urgent dispatches for Lord Toranaga.

He had urgent dispatches to send to the Father-Visitor that he had been unable to send because his carrier pigeons had been destroyed in Yokose.