 Starting in June 1946, the British did finally pull out of the Nile river valley and henceforward the only place the British Army were stationed at in Egypt was at the gigantic base around the Suez Canal.In August 1946, the British pulled out of the Citadel in Cairo, and Farouk beamed as the Union Jack was lowered for the last time and the Egyptian flag went up over the Citadel for the first time since 1882.By September 1946, the British pull-out from the Nile valley was complete.