英语翻译前一句:To surprise a peaceful town and shoot down people in
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same = savagery as mention in the 前一句.

may be said = said = equal to

laying waste = wasting,plundering,robbing by force

held by = controlled

The whole sentence = The action of intentional robbing,killing civilians and destroying a country by force because it could not be controlled by the occupying forces was a savage act done by savages and it should not have happened in a war of a civilized world.(This seems to described the Japs in China)