 After the voyage to the Middle East the 15th Battalion now part of the 4th Brigade disembarked at Marseilles from Alexandria and Madge was transported through France with many thousands of others to the western front.The 15th Battalion was engaged in some of the fiercest fighting at Pozieres and on 11 August 1916 Madge is reported as wounded in action north west of Pozieres and taken to a Hospital at Etaples.In the days from 5–11 August with no concern for his own safety, Madge while acting as a messenger had moved between Company and Battalion Headquarters under continued enemy artillery fire.