 Pashure pokuguma kweHondo yePoland neSoviet, Bortnowski akaenda kuParis, France, uko akatanga kurovedzwa paEcole Superieure de Guerre musi waNovember 1, 1920. MunaGunyana 1922, akapedza kudzidza ndokudzokera kuPoland kwaakagamuchira kudzidziswa kwakawanda munzvimbo dzakasiyana siyana, kunyanya muvashandi veArmy Inspectorate muWilno yazvino Vilnius, Lithuania. Musi waAugust 15, 1924, akasimudzirwa pachinzvimbo cheColonel uye muna Gumiguru wegore rakatevera, akava mukuru mukuru weKutno-based 37th Infantry Regiment. Pashure peCoup dÉtat yaMaymuna 1926, akashanda semukuru webazi rechitatu reGeneral Army Staff kwemwedzi miviri kutanga muna Mbudzi. MunaFebruary 1928, akagadzwa kuve mutungamiri we26th Infantry Division muSkierniewice. Kubvira muna June 1930, akaendeswa kuPoznań kwaakagadzwa kuva mutungamiri we14th Infantry Division. Muna October 1930, akapiwa basa rokuva mukuru mukuru muArmy Inspectorate muToruń. Musi waNovember 1, 1931, akatungamira yeZamość-based 3rd Legions Infantry Division, chimwe chezvikamu zvine mukurumbira zvePoland Army. 