 Complete the following phrase:  Throughout the 1870s, Greece kept pressure on the Ottoman Empire, seeking territorial expansion into Epirus and Thessaly. The Russo-Turkish War of 18771878 provided the first potential alliance for the Greek kingdom. Georges sister Dagmar was the daughter-in-law of Alexander II of Russia, and she sought to have Greece join the war. The French and British refused to countece such an act, and Greece remained neutral. At the 